A Case of Lung Disease and Vertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Kidney Transplant Recipient / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 299-302, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-34183
ABSTRACT
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are rare. We describe here a 52-year-old female with vertebral osteomyelitis caused by NTM, who received a kidney transplant 5 years earlier. She had been diagnosed with NTM lung disease 1 year prior. NTM therapy was delayed due to esophageal candidiasis. Mycobacterium intracellulare was isolated from sputum and bone tissue. The pattern of drug-susceptibility testing in both specimens was identical. NTM vertebral osteomyelitis due to direct inoculation is rare, and was in this case a disseminated NTM disease. The subjective symptoms resolved after 4 months of NTM treatment. This suggests that early NTM treatment is important for KTRs who have NTM disease during immunosuppressive therapy.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Osteomyelitis
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Sputum
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Bone and Bones
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Candidiasis
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Mycobacterium avium Complex
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Kidney Transplantation
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Transplants
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Kidney
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Lung
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Lung Diseases
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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