Maiko Naito, Kentaro Fukushima, Shinsuke Kusakabe, Takaya Endo, Takayuki Shiroyama, Kika Ohira, Koji Azuma, Satoshi Tanizaki, Yumiko Yamamoto, Yuki Hosono, Yujiro Naito, Shinji Futami, Kotaro Miyake, Haruhiko Hirata, Yoshito Takeda, Atsushi Kumanogoh
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium obuense (M. obuense) is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) which has been considered nonpathogenic. Here, we report a case of disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection caused by M. obuense in an immunocompromised patient. CASE PRESENTATION: A 16-year-old boy was referred to our hospital due to acute myeloid leukemia. During the treatment of leukemia, the patient exhibited continuous fever, and diffuse miliary nodules with random distribution were found on chest computed tomography...
August 8, 2023: BMC Infectious Diseases