Bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae

Pediatr Int. 2018 Jun;60(6):599-600. doi: 10.1111/ped.13553. Epub 2018 May 28.

Authors

Yukiko Takemori-Sakai^{1

2}, Yasunori Iwata^{2

3}, Hiroyasu Oe¹, Yoshio Sakai^{1

2

4}, Takashi Wada^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
² Division of Infection Control, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
³ Division of Nephrology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
⁵ Department of Nephrology and Laboratory Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.

PMID: 29808614
DOI: 10.1111/ped.13553

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium chelonae; bloodstream infection; gram stain; non-tuberculosis mycobacteria; rapidly growing Mycobacterium.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Child
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*