Neurologic manifestations of disseminated infection with Mycobacterium abscessus

被引：31

作者：

Liebeskind, DS

Ostrzega, N

Wasterlain, CG

Buttner, EA

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Med Ctr, Comprehens Stroke Ctr, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[4] MIT, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Biol, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[5] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02114 USA

来源：

NEUROLOGY | 2001年 / 56卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1212/WNL.56.6.810

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Mycobacterium abscessus is a ubiquitous, saprophytic organism with low pathogenic potential. The authors describe the previously unreported clinical features of meningitis and native valve endocarditis caused by this rapidly growing atypical mycobacterium. The fatal outcome of this unusual case coincides with the grim prognosis of this disseminated infection and the significant mortality rate associated with neurologic complications of infective endocarditis.

引用

页码：810 / 813

页数：4

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