Necrotizing osteomyelitis in a man with disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection
IDCases, 2018 Cases of disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection are difficult to treat. We encountered an elderly man with disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection.
Garrett M. Harp +2 more
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Mycobacterium chelonae associated with tumor-like skin and oral masses in farmed Russian sturgeons (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Antuofermo, Elisabetta +9 more
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Chronic mycobacterial meningitis due to Mycobacterium chelonae: a case report
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 We report a case of chronic meningitis due to Mycobacterium chelonae. This organism is a rapidly growing Mycobacterium (RGM) and can be found worldwide in environmental sources such as soil, dust, and water. M. chelonae is an uncommon cause of meningitis;
Shokrallah Salmanzadeh +6 more
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Comparison of sample preparation methods, instrumentation platforms, and contemporary commercial databases for identification of clinically relevant mycobacteria by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization - Time of flight mass spectrometry [PDF]
, 2015 When mycobacteria are recovered in clinical specimens, timely species-level identification is required to establish the clinical significance of the isolate and facilitate optimization of antimicrobial therapy. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–
Burnham, Carey-Ann D +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Mycobacterium chelonae is a member of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex and a cause of opportunistic disease in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals including humans.
Susan B Fogelson +10 more
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Tuberculosis in a Psychiatric Hospital in the state of Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of infection, disease and eventual institutional outbreak of tuberculosis in a psychiatric hospital using the PPD test, as well as testing for mycobacteria in material collected from the respiratory tree and using
Costa, Hindenburg Cruvinel Guimarães Da +3 more
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Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus Complex Associated with Sinopulmonary Disease, Northeastern USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus complex represent Mycobacterium species that cause invasive infections in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We report the detection of a new pathogen that had been misidentified as M.
Keith E. Simmon +17 more
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IDCases, 2020 Mycobacterium chelonae can cause chronic skin, soft-tissue or bone infections.and is often associated with the immunocompromised state.We describe a case of a 58-year-old male patient with myasthenia gravis, chronically immunosuppressed, with a four ...
Joana Granado +4 more
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Autofluorescence as a tool for structural analysis of biofilms formed by nonpigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria [PDF]
, 2013 The structure of biofilms formed by seven nonpigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria, including saprophytes and opportunistic species, was analyzed.
Estebana, Jaime +4 more
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When Should Statins Be Stopped?
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021 Mycobacterium chelonae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that can cause skin infections in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of skin infection by this agent in a woman with dyslipidaemia, that culminated in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis due ...
Mário Bibi +4 more
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