• Natl Med J India · Mar 2023

    Case Reports

    Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection in a patient on haemodialysis.

    • Anisha Fernandes, Deepak Kumar Chitralli, S Srividya, and Gautham Sreekumar.
    • Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Lighthouse Hill Road, Hampankatta, Mangalore 575001, Karnataka, India.
    • Natl Med J India. 2023 Mar 1; 36 (2): 939493-94.

    AbstractWe report a 46-year-old woman with disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection who was on maintenance haemodialysis for chronic glomerulonephritis. Prolonged blood cultures yielded growth of a rapid-growing nontubercular Mycobacterium. Diagnosis to a species level guided empirical therapy while we awaited antimicrobial susceptibility results. The patient was treated successfully with a multidrug regimen.

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