Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis.
Daphne M MoutsoglouFrank MerrittEthan CumblerPublished in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2017)
Mycobacterium chimaera, a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium associated with outbreaks in cardiac-surgery patients supported on heart-lung machines. We report a case of an elderly woman on chronic prednisone who presented with a six-month history of worsening chronic back pain, recurrent low-grade fevers, and weight loss. Imaging identified multilevel vertebral osteomyelitis and lumbar soft-tissue abscess. Abscess culture identified M. chimaera.
Keyphrases
- low grade
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- cardiac surgery
- weight loss
- high grade
- end stage renal disease
- soft tissue
- newly diagnosed
- high resolution
- bone mineral density
- bariatric surgery
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- minimally invasive
- type diabetes
- rare case
- case report
- patient reported outcomes
- mass spectrometry
- middle aged
- body mass index
- roux en y gastric bypass
- body composition