Mycobacterium aurum bacteremia in an immunocompromised child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Dec;22(12):1108-9. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000101787.08603.bb.

Abstract

Mycobacterium aurum was cultured from the Broviac catheter of a 5-year-old child with metastatic Wilms tumor. Removal of the catheter resulted in prompt resolution of the fever and sterilization of the blood culture. This rapidly growing mycobacterium, previously believed to be a commensal, can cause disease in the immunocompromised host.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Kidney Neoplasms / immunology
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / drug effects
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wilms Tumor / drug therapy
  • Wilms Tumor / immunology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents