Mycobacterium sherrisii visceral disseminated infection in an African HIV-infected adolescent

Mycobacterium sherrisii visceral disseminated infection in an African HIV-infected adolescent

A case of visceral disseminated infection by Mycobacterium sherrisii in an African HIV-infected adolescent with multiple abdominal abscesses is reported. Despite multiple drug resistance to first-line antibiotics in vitro, long-term treatment with clarithromycin, moxifloxacin, and clindamycin, toget...

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Main Authors: Francesco Santoro, Giulia Santoro, Annalisa Del Giudice, Rossella Perna, Francesco Iannelli, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo, Eugenia Bruzzese, Andrea Lo Vecchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium sherrisii
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
HIV
Abscess
Children
gyrB
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197121600031X

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