Hassanzadeh A, Hasannezhad M, Abbasian L, Ghaderkhani S, Ameli F, Allahdadi M. Disseminated mycobacterium genavense infection with central nervous system involvement in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review.
BMC Infect Dis 2024;
24:437. [PMID:
38658840 PMCID:
PMC11041032 DOI:
10.1186/s12879-024-09316-x]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Immunodeficient patients, particularly HIV patients, are at risk of opportunistic infections. Nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause severe complications in immunodeficient patients.
CASE PRESENTATION
We describe a 57-year-old HIV patient, primarily presented with coughs and constitutional symptoms, with a unique Mycobacterium genavense abdominal, pulmonary, and central nervous system infection, accompanied by intracranial masses.
CONCLUSION
The diagnosis of NTM, including M. genavense, must always be considered by clinicians in immunodeficient patients, especially those with HIV, who have a compromised immune system.
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