Deep brain stimulator infection by a novel rapid growing mycobacterium.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Devise-related infections after deep brain stimulator implantation are not uncommon. However, infections due to mycobacteria have not been reported in the medical literature. We describe the first reported case of DBS infection due to a novel rapidly growing mycobacteria, most closely resembling Mycobacterium goodii, by rpoB gene sequencing.
Medical subject headings
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Essential Tremor
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Prosthesis-Related Infections