Fatal pulmonary Mycobacterium xenopi in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Mycobacterium xenopi is a water-related mycobacterium with low pathogenicity in humans. Little is known about the association between anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections. The case history is presented of fatal M xenopi infection in a patient receiving anti-TNFalpha treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Mycobacterium xenopi
- Opportunistic Infections
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary