Disseminated <i>Mycobacterium genavense</i> infection in a patient with a history of sarcoidosis. [PDF]
We present a case of Mycobacterium genavense infection in a man in his 60s with a history of sarcoidosis, treated for 24 years with systemic corticosteroids and later methotrexate as monotherapy. He presented with low grade fever, dyspnoea and right-sided thoracic pain and was admitted due to a treatment-refractory infection.
Vilstrup E, Dahl VN, Fløe A, Degn KB.
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Acquired and Innate Immunity Impairment and Severe Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense Infection in a Patient With a NF-κB1 Deficiency [PDF]
Background: NF-κB1 is a master regulator of both acquired and innate responses. NFKB1 loss-of-function mutations elicit a wide clinical phenotype with asymptomatic individuals at one end of the spectrum and patients with common variable immunodeficiency,
Luis Ignacio Gonzalez-Granado +20 more
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Background Mycobacterium genavense is a rare nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Human infections are mostly disseminated in the setting of the AIDS epidemic or the use of aggressive immunosuppressive treatments. M.
Rammaert Blandine +10 more
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Mycobacterium genavense Infections in a Tertiary Hospital and Reviewed Cases in Non-HIV Patients. [PDF]
Mycobacterium genavense is a relatively new species of nontuberculous mycobacterium reported to cause disseminated infections in patients with AIDS and later on in non‐HIV immunosuppressed patients. We describe clinical and laboratory features and response to therapy in 7 patients, three of them with HIV infection and four non‐HIV—three organ ...
Santos M +4 more
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Identification of Mycobacterium genavense natural infection in a domestic ferret. [PDF]
A 6-y-old neutered male ferret ( Mustela putorius furo) was presented because of a 1-mo history of progressive weight loss, chronic cough, and hair loss. On clinical examination, the animal was coughing, slightly depressed, moderately hypothermic, and had bilateral epiphora.
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GI involvement in disseminated Mycobacterium genavense: endoscopy and histology. [PDF]
1A 34-year-old man ultimately shown to have immunodeficiency and disseminated Mycobacterium genavense associated with protein-losing enteropathy presented with cachexia and generalized weakness. Physical examination revealed a cachectic man with generalized muscle wasting and a protuberant abdomen with shifting dullness, but without tenderness, rebound,
Arora M +5 more
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Mycobacterial Spindle Cell Pseudotumor in an 18-Year-Old Female With Congenital HIV: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]
Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor (MSP) is an uncommon granulomatous inflammation often found in immunocompromised patients, especially those with HIV. This case report discusses an 18‐year‐old female with congenital HIV, who presented with severe epigastric pain, nausea, and noteworthy lymphadenopathy. Imaging studies identified lobulated masses,
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Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria: a case series of 23 patients and a review of 108 cases in the literature [PDF]
Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous environmental opportunistic pathogens that rarely cause spinal infections. The clinical presentation, diagnostic process, and treatment strategies for NTM vertebral osteomyelitis often resemble ...
Wenkai Ruan +8 more
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Disseminated nontuberculous infections with Mycobacterium genavense during sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease characterised by the development and accumulation of granulomas in multiple organs. We report two observations of disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection in patients with proven sarcoidosis.
H. Dumouchel-Champagne +7 more
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To Induce Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome or Suppress It: The Spectrum of Mycobacterium genavense in the Antiretroviral Era [PDF]
Irini Sereti +2 more
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