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Localized Mycobacterium genavense soft tissue infection in an immunodeficient HIV-negative patient
S Léautez1, D Boutoille, P Bemer-Melchior
1Service de Médecine Interne B, Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Place Alexis Ricordeau, Nantes, France.
Abstract:
An HIV-negative woman with chronic lymphopenia related to past sarcoidosis situated in the bone marrow presented with an inflammatory lesion in the iliac region due to a localized Mycobacterium genavense soft tissue infection. The lesion resolved after 12 months of antibiotic therapy with clarithromycin, ethambutol and ciprofloxacin. The patient had no recurrence of the subcutaneous abscess during a follow-up period of 14 months after the end of the treatment.