First case report of sepsis caused by Mycobacterium wolinskyi in chronic myelogenous leukemia

Tatsuharu Ohno; Wataru Kishimoto; Dai Chihara; Takashi Sakamoto; Kazue Arimoto-Miyamoto; Tomoharu Takeoka; Masaaki Tsuji; Kaneyuki Kida; Kiyofumi Ohkusu; Takayuki Ezaki

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.017

First case report of sepsis caused by Mycobacterium wolinskyi in chronic myelogenous leukemia

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Dec;62(4):433-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.017. Epub 2008 Oct 16.

Authors

Tatsuharu Ohno¹, Wataru Kishimoto, Dai Chihara, Takashi Sakamoto, Kazue Arimoto-Miyamoto, Tomoharu Takeoka, Masaaki Tsuji, Kaneyuki Kida, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takayuki Ezaki

Affiliation

¹ Division of Hematology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohtsu Red Cross Hospital, Ohtsu 520-8511, Japan. tatsohno@ja2.so-net.ne.jp

PMID: 18929459
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.07.017

Abstract

Infections caused by Mycobacterium wolinskyi have rarely been reported, and essentially all were cellulitis and/or osteomyelitis related with traumatic event or surgical wound. Here, we present the 1st case of septic complication due to this organism in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia of the 1st but late chronic phase.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications*
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium / classification
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Sepsis / complications
Sepsis / drug therapy
Sepsis / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents