Mycobacterium haemophilum infection presenting as bilateral cellulitis and annular lesion in a heart transplant recipient

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-58

  Sagi, Lior ^a   Leshem, Eyal ^a   Barzilai, Aviv ^a   Baum, Sharon ^a   Har Zahav, Yedael ^a,b   Rahav, Galia ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacterium; Heart transplant; Mycobacterium haemophilum

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANNULAR ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM INFECTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; VASCULITIS;

CELLULITIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 76049129879     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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