Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients

Gilbert El Helou; Ray Hachem; George M. Viola; Aline El Zakhem; Anne Marie Chaftari; Ying Jiang; Jeffrey Tarrand; Issam I. Raad

doi:10.1093/cid/cis1032

Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients

Gilbert El Helou, Ray Hachem, George M. Viola, Aline El Zakhem, Anne Marie Chaftari, Ying Jiang, Jeffrey Tarrand, Issam I. Raad

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Abstract

Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are environmental organisms capable of causing a wide spectrum of diseases. We identified 116 cancer patients with RGM. Mycobacterium mucogenicum was the leading cause of disease. Removal of the catheter correlated with significant decrease in the bacteremia relapse rate (P =. 007). A median duration of 4 weeks of therapy produced a good outcome.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	843-846
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	56
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis1032
State	Published - Mar 15 2013

Keywords

Bacteremia
infection
mycobacteria

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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