<i>Mycobacterium genavense</i> infections in immunocompromised patients with <scp>HIV</scp>: A clinical case report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mycobacterium genavense infections in immunocompromised patients with HIV: A clinical case report

Published:2024-06 Issue:6 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Manshadi Seyed Ali Dehghan¹,Rezaei Mitra²,Moradi Maryam³^ORCID,Hemmatian Marjan¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine/Iranian Research Center HIV/AIDS (IRCHA) Tehran University of Medical Science Tehran Iran

2. Genomic Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science Tehran Iran

3. Eye Research Center, The Five Senses Health Institute, Rassoul Akram Hospital Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageIt is essential to consider non‐tuberculosis mycobacterium in HIV‐positive patients with fever, abdominal pain, weight loss, and splenomegaly.AbstractMycobacterium genavense is an opportunistic slow‐growing nontuberculous mycobacterium in patients with immunocompromised backgrounds, especially HIV‐positive patients. In this study, we present two cases of Mycobacterium genovese infection in HIV‐positive patients with a good clinical response to accurate treatment.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.8993

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