Prosthetic joint infection with Mycobacterium avium complex in a solid organ transplant recipient: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 537-540

  Gupta, A ^a   Clauss, H ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Mycobacterium avium complex; Prosthetic joint infection

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; PREDNISONE; RIFABUTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 71149117298     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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