Hodgkin lymphoma after disseminated <i>Mycobacterium genavense</i> infection, Germany
Janina Trauth, Thomas Discher, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Can Imirzalioglu, Tobias Arnold, Dagmar Steiner, Elvira Richter, Laura Crisponi, et al. (10 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2022-06
Abstract
Mycobacterium genavense infection, a rare nontuberculous mycobacteria infection, occurs in heavily immunocompromised patients (i.e., those with advanced HIV disease, genetic disorders, or acquired immunologic disorders and those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy). We report a case of disseminated M. genavense infection preceding Hodgkin lymphoma in a patient without obvious risk factors for this infection.
MeSH terms
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Lymphoma
- Medicine
- Immunology
- Disease
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Mycobacterium
- Virology