Xie Ouli, Khan Sadid, Globan Maria, Lea Kerrie, Bajel Ashish, Slavin Monica
Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Oct;21(5):e13147. doi: 10.1111/tid.13147. Epub 2019 Jul 22.
Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging cause of invasive infection in the immunosuppressed population. We report a case of M. abscessus bloodstream and catheter tunnel infection localized by positron emission tomography/computer tomography (PET/CT) in an allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient. This case highlights the difficulties in treating invasive M. abscessus infection and the potential role of PET/CT in localizing infection and guiding therapy in this population.
脓肿分枝杆菌是免疫抑制人群侵袭性感染的一个新出现的病因。我们报告了1例异基因造血干细胞移植受者发生脓肿分枝杆菌血流感染和导管隧道感染,通过正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)定位。该病例突出了治疗侵袭性脓肿分枝杆菌感染的困难,以及PET/CT在该人群感染定位和指导治疗方面的潜在作用。