Hodgkin Lymphoma after Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense Infection, Germany

Abstract

Mycobacterium genavense infection, a rare nontuberculous mycobacteria infection, occurs in heavily immunocompromised patients (i.e., those with advanced HIV disease, genetic disorders, or acquired immunologic disorders and those undergoing immunosuppressive therapy). We report a case of disseminated M. genavense infection preceding Hodgkin lymphoma in a patient without obvious risk factors for this infection.

Keywords

• Hodgkin lymphoma
• Mycobacterium genavense
• nontuberculous Mycobacterium
• cervical lymphadenopathy
• zoonoses
• Germany