Maimon Nimrod, Brunton James, Chan Adrienne K, Marras Theodore K
Division of Respirology, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Thorax. 2007 Aug;62(8):739-40. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.056952.
Mycobacterium xenopi is a water-related mycobacterium with low pathogenicity in humans. Little is known about the association between anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections. The case history is presented of fatal M xenopi infection in a patient receiving anti-TNFalpha treatment.