Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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 histo...

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Main Authors: Daphne M. Moutsoglou, Frank Merritt, Ethan Cumbler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9893743
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