A rare and challenging case of pulmonary mycobacterium genavense in an immunocompetent adult / Nur ‘Aini Eddy Warman and Nurul Yaqeen Mohd Esa.
Mycobacterium genavense, a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), usually affects patients severely immunodeficient from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other immunocompromised states. We reported a case in a 70-year-old female with well-controlled diabetes and history of proximal...
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Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30082/1/AJ_NUR%20%27AINI%20EDDY%20WARMAN%20JCHS%20B%2018.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30082/ https://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/index.php |
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| Summary: | Mycobacterium genavense, a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), usually affects patients severely immunodeficient from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or any other immunocompromised states. We reported a case in a 70-year-old female with well-controlled diabetes and history of proximal cystic bronchiectasis. She presented with 2 months history of cough, haemoptysis, and night sweats of which serial sputa were positive for acid-fast bacilli and the culture repeatedly grew M. genavense. Treatment with rifampicin, ofloxacin, and clarithromycin was complicated with drug-induced liver injury and intractable gastrointestinal side effects. We also presented a brief review of relevant literature. |
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