Disseminated Infection With Mycobacterium genavense in the Setting of HIV Infection Misdiagnosed as Sarcoidosis [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesMycobacterium genavense was first identified in a patient with HIV. Here, we describe a 40-year-old man with prolonged fever and mediastinal and abdominal lymphadenopathy, who was initially misdiagnosed with sarcoidosis.
Alireza Eskandari +5 more
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Mycobacterium genavense invading the bone marrow in a HIV‐positive patient [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2017 Key Clinical Message Nontuberculous mycobacteria infrequently cause disseminated infections in immunocompetent hosts. However, they are increasingly being recognized in immunocompromised patients.
Christianne Bourlon +2 more
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Mycobacterium genavense infections in immunocompromised patients with HIV: A clinical case report [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message It is essential to consider non‐tuberculosis mycobacterium in HIV‐positive patients with fever, abdominal pain, weight loss, and splenomegaly.
Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi +3 more
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Refractory Mycobacterium genavense infection secondary to thymoma-associated endogenous IL-12 inhibitor [PDF]
BMJ Neurology Open, 2022 Case A 39-year-old man with thymoma-associated acetylcholine receptor antibody myasthenia gravis (MG) presented with fevers, night sweats, abdominal pain and weight loss. Marked splenomegaly and intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy were found.
MaiAnh Nguyen +5 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection mimicking TAFRO syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2020 TAFRO syndrome is a rare variant of idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease, for which disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection must be excluded.
Fujimori, Takumi +8 more
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Disseminated infection by Mycobacterium genavense in an HIV-1 infected patient [PDF]
IDCases, 2020 Opportunistic infections are an important cause of death and morbidity among HIV infected patients. Disseminated infections by nontuberculous mycobacteria are a diagnostic to consider among these patients with a high level of immunosuppression.A 64 year ...
Tomás Robalo Nunes +3 more
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Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense Infection in Patient with Adult-Onset Immunodeficiency [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 We report a case of disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection resulting from neutralizing anti–interferon-γ autoantibodies in the patient. We identified M. genavense targeting the hsp65 gene in an aspiration specimen of the lymph node.
Takanori Asakura +5 more
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General Overview on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Biofilms, and Human Infection [PDF]
Journal of Pathogens, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist infections in HIV patients, they have also been recognized as etiological agents ...
Faria, Sónia +2 more
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Disseminated mycobacterium genavense infection with central nervous system involvement in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Immunodeficient patients, particularly HIV patients, are at risk of opportunistic infections. Nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause severe complications in immunodeficient patients.
Ali Hassanzadeh +5 more
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The Underestimated Threat—Mycobacterium Genavense Infection: A Case Report [PDF]
Infectious Disease ReportsBackground/Objectives: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) represent a heterogeneous group of pathogens with increasing global prevalence and significant geographical variation in species distribution.
Jannik Sonnenberg +8 more
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