Mycobacterium neoaurum Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient
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2003-1-1
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Becker, Marissa L
Suchak, Amar A
Wolfe, Joyce N
Zarychanski, Ryan
Kabani, Amin
Nicolle, Lindsay E
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Bacteremia due to Mycobacterium neoaurum, a rapidly growing mycobacterium, is described in a diabetic woman on hemodialysis. This is the first reported case of M neoaurum bacteremia in Canada. The organism initially grew on standard BacT/Alert SA aerobic blood cultures, and was subsequently positively identified using 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The present case serves to reinforce the need for a high index of clinical suspicion of infections caused by unusual microorganisms in the context of an immunocompromised host.
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Marissa L Becker, Amar A Suchak, Joyce N Wolfe, Ryan Zarychanski, Amin Kabani, and Lindsay E Nicolle, “Mycobacterium neoaurum Bacteremia in a Hemodialysis Patient,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 45-48, 2003. doi:10.1155/2003/840103