Mycobacterium Gordonaeas a Human Hepato‐Peritoneal Pathogen, with a Review of the Literature
作者:
PETER KURNIK,
U. PADMANABH,
CORALIA BONATSOS,
MICHAEL CYNAMON,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 285,
issue 1
页码: 45-45
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 1983
出版商: OVID
关键词: M. Gordonae M. Aquae;Nontuberculous mycobacteria;Peritonitis Runyon Group II
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Mycobacterium gordonaewas cultured from the liver of a 39-year-old woman who presented with ascites, weight loss, and fever. Laparoscopic examination revealed white nodules studding the peritoneum and liver surface, and histopathology revealed caseating granulomas. She was successfully treated with rifampin, ethambutol, and isoniazid.A review of the literature onM. gordonaeas a human pathogen is presented. Our patient represents the third reported case of disseminated disease due to this organism and the first to be successfully treated by medical therapy alone.
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