Mycobacterium neoaurumBacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (1) , 45-48
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/840103
Abstract
Bacteremia due toMycobacterium neoaurum, a rapidly growing mycobacterium, is described in a diabetic woman on hemodialysis. This is the first reported case of M neoaurum bacteremia in Canada. The organism initially grew on standard BacT/Alert SA aerobic blood cultures, and was subsequently positively identified using 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The present case serves to reinforce the need for a high index of clinical suspicion of infections caused by unusual microorganisms in the context of an immunocompromised host.Keywords
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