Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in an immunocompetent host: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are rare and occur primarily in immunocompromised hosts. Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC), including M abscessus subsp. massiliense (hereafter M massiliense) is a complex of rapidly growing mycobacterial (RGM) species of NTM. Here, we present a rare case of disseminated NTM infection with RGM bacteremia caused by M massiliense in an immunocompetent host.

Patient concerns

A 64-year-old woman with a recent history of spine fracture and septic pneumonia was transferred to our emergency room for dyspnea and fever. A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) had been placed over 6 months prior.

Diagnoses

Chest computed tomography (CT) showed multifocal patchy consolidations and ground-glass opac

SUBMITTER: Shin HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9829286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature