Mycobacterium kansasii: A Rare Cause of Brain Abscess

Am J Med Sci. 2017 Jan;353(1):90-92. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.05.025. Epub 2016 May 30.

Authors

IfeanyiChukwu O Onor¹, Meagan E Piazza², Mona F Khashan², Seema Walvekar², Shane G Guillory¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: sguil1@lsuhsc.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

PMID: 28104110
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.05.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / microbiology*
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Mycobacterium kansasii*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed