Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
Anthony Robateau Colón,
Eibhlin Higgins,
Nicholas Boire,
Nathan Cummins,
Kymberly D. Watt
Affiliations
Anthony Robateau Colón
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Eibhlin Higgins
Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Nicholas Boire
Division of Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Nathan Cummins
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Kymberly D. Watt
Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Correspondence to: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess in a liver transplant recipient.
