A rare case of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection causing chyluria
T.S. Kwong,
H.Y. Chan,
T.C. Wu
Affiliations
T.S. Kwong
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong; Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong; Correspondence to: Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Hong Kong.
H.Y. Chan
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
T.C. Wu
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
We report a case of chyluria caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a sixty-four year old male, who was successfully treated with two weeks of amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin followed by twenty four weeks of levofloxacin and doxycycline.
