A Case of Cavitary Mycobacterium chimaera
Bracha Robinson, Moiuz Chaudhri, Jeffrey A Miskoff
Cureus · 2022-07
Abstract
Mycobacterium chimaera is a nontuberculous mycobacterium typically associated with heater-cooler units used in cardiac bypass procedures and is usually of low virulence. Here we present a patient with advanced Mycobacterium chimaera infection without typical risk factors.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Mycobacterium avium complex
- Chimera (genetics)
- Mycobacterium Infections
- Virulence
- Microbiology