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- Title
A Case of Mycobacteriurn kansasii Lymphadenitis in HIV-infected Patient.
- Authors
Seon Young Park; Ga Ram Lee; Ji Won Min; Ja Young Jung; Young Do Jeon; Hyoung-Shik Shin; Bum Sik Chin
- Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are widely present in the environment, although they rarely cause infection in humans. However, infection by NTM has been increasingly recognized worldwide in the context of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and therapeutic immunosuppression. Mycobacterium kansasii is a slow-growing photochromogenic mycobacterium, which mainly causes pulmonary infection in patients with predisposing lung diseases, and, occasionally, disseminated infection with poor outcomes in immunocompromised patients. We report on the first case of [ymphadenitis caused by infection with M.kansasii in an HIV-infected patient in Korea. The patient showed significant improvement after receiving antituberculous therapy (isoniazid, rifabutin) in combination with surgical drainage and highly active antiretroviral therapy (abacavir, lamivudine, and Iopinavir/ritonavir).
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; HIV; HIV infections; HIV-positive persons
- Publication
Infection & Chemotherapy, 2012, Vol 44, Issue 6, p526
- ISSN
2093-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3947/ic.2012.44.6.526