Disseminated mycobacterium avium complex spinal osteomyelitis in a patient with interferon gamma receptor deficiency: A case report

Sarah Jaggernauth, BS; Andrew Waack, BS; Alastair Hoyt, MD; Jason Schroeder, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Aug 2024)

Disseminated mycobacterium avium complex spinal osteomyelitis in a patient with interferon gamma receptor deficiency: A case report

Sarah Jaggernauth, BS,
Andrew Waack, BS,
Alastair Hoyt, MD,
Jason Schroeder, MD

Affiliations

Sarah Jaggernauth, BS: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA; Corresponding author.
Andrew Waack, BS: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
Alastair Hoyt, MD: ProMedica Physicians Neurosurgery, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
Jason Schroeder, MD: ProMedica Physicians Neurosurgery, Toledo, OH 43606, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 8
pp. 3070 – 3075

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Disseminated mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is rare and is classically associated with immunodeficient states. Osteomyelitis is a rare manifestation of disseminated MAC infection. The overwhelming majority of MAC infections occur in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Disseminated MAC infection has been described in interferon gamma receptor deficiency, an immunodeficiency mechanistically linked to mycobacterial infection. We present a case of disseminated MAC vertebral osteomyelitis in a patient with interferon gamma receptor deficiency.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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