A case report of disseminated Mycobacterium colombiense infection in an HIV patient
Eduarda Pena, Diana Machado, Miguel Viveiros, Sofia Jordão
International Journal of Mycobacteriology · 2019-01
Abstract
Mycobacterium colombiense is a newly recognized member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, and only a few cases of infections caused by this pathogen have been reported. We present an imported case of disseminated disease caused by M. colombiense in an HIV patient in early February 2017.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Pathogen
- Mycobacterium
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Virology
- Opportunistic pathogen
- Disease
- Immunology
- Biology