Multiple Simultaneous Infections With Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in the Setting of <i>GATA2</i> Mutation and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Hussam Tabaja, Kelsey Jensen, Christina G. Rivera, Anisha Misra, Rajiv K. Pruthi, Paschalis Vergidis
Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2022-06
Abstract
Abstract GATA2 mutation can result in profoundly reduced monocytes, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and B cells, and is associated with a predisposition for recurrent and disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections and myelodysplasias. Herein, we describe a unique case of 3 simultaneous disseminated NTM infections in a patient with GATA2 mutations.
MeSH terms
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Medicine
- GATA2
- Mutation
- Immunology
- Tuberculosis