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Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism.

Wolf, Andrew B; Money, Kelli M; Chandnani, Arun; Daley, Charles L; Griffith, David E; Chauhan, Lakshmi; Coffman, Nathan; Piquet, Amanda L; Tyler, Kenneth L; Zimmer, Shanta M; Montague, Brian T; Mann, Sarah; Pastula, Daniel M.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 29(8): 1655-1658, 2023 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37486227

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Mycobacterium abscessus infections have been reported as adverse events related to medical tourism. We report M. abscessus meningitis in a patient who traveled from Colorado, USA, to Mexico to receive intrathecal stem cell injections as treatment for multiple sclerosis. We also review the management of this challenging central nervous system infection.

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Medical Tourism , Meningitis , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous , Mycobacterium abscessus , Humans , Meningitis/drug therapy , Mycobacterium abscessus/physiology , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/diagnosis , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/etiology , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/drug therapy , Stem Cells

A Diagnostic Dilemma in a Patient with Polyarthritis.

Rao, Prashant; Coffman, Nathan; Ferreira, Joao Paulo.

Am J Med ; 130(11): e497-e498, 2017 Nov.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28545884

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Arthritis/complications , Neuroendocrine Tumors/complications , Pancreatic Neoplasms/complications , Pancreatitis/complications , Panniculitis/complications , Arthritis/diagnosis , Arthritis/therapy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pancreatitis/diagnosis , Pancreatitis/therapy , Panniculitis/diagnosis , Panniculitis/therapy

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