An unusual case of abdominal mycobacterial infection: Case report and literature review

Pieter Ekermans; Rene de Gama; Celeste Kock; Ebrahim Hoosien; Tomas Slavik; Terry Marshall; Craig Corcoran; Jakko van Ingen

doi:10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.993

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (Aug 2019)

An unusual case of abdominal mycobacterial infection: Case report and literature review

Pieter Ekermans,
Rene de Gama,
Celeste Kock,
Ebrahim Hoosien,
Tomas Slavik,
Terry Marshall,
Craig Corcoran,
Jakko van Ingen

Affiliations

Pieter Ekermans: Department of Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory, AMPATH Laboratories, Centurion
Rene de Gama: Department of Paediatrics, Netcare Unitas Hospital, Centurion
Celeste Kock: Department of Paediatrics, Mediclinic Midstream Hospital, Midstream
Ebrahim Hoosien: Department of Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory, AMPATH Laboratories, Centurion
Tomas Slavik: Department of Histology, AMPATH Laboratories, Pretoria
Terry Marshall: Department of Molecular Medicine, National Reference Laboratory, AMPATH Laboratories, Centurion
Craig Corcoran: Department of Molecular Medicine, National Reference Laboratory, AMPATH laboratories, Centurion
Jakko van Ingen: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v20i1.993
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. e1 – e6

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This article presents a case of an HIV-infected paediatric patient with an unusual Mycobacterium genavense infection with predominantly abdominal organ involvement.

Published in Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

ISSN: 1608-9693 (Print); 2078-6751 (Online)
Publisher: AOSIS
Country of publisher: South Africa
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed

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