Fatal disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a non-HIV patient

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Balkis, Maher M ^a   Kattar, Mireille M ^a   Araj, George F ^a   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Disseminated Mycobacterium simiae; HIV; Mycobacterium simiae

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CREATININE; IMIPENEM; RNA 16S;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGED; AGITATION; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLON DILATATION; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTUBATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 68949192455     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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