Disseminated cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

IDCases (Jan 2014)

Affiliations

C. Ferry: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
A. Saussine: Service de dermatologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
J.D. Bouaziz: Service de dermatologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
A. Xhaard: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
R. Peffault de Latour: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
P. Ribaud: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
M. Robin: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
E. Cambau: Department de bactériologie-virologie groupe hospitalier Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Paris, France
G. Socié: Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France

Abstract

This report describes two cases of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/