Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis

oleh: Daphne M. Moutsoglou, Frank Merritt, Ethan Cumbler

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wiley 2017-01-01

Deskripsi

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.