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Bacteremia caused by Mycobacterium neoaurum
M B Davison1, J G McCormack, Z M Blacklock
1Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
An immunocompromised patient with an indwelling Hickman catheter developed Mycobacterium neoaurum bacteremia. This rapidly growing mycobacterium was previously isolated from soil, dust, and water but has not been described as a human pathogen. The infection responded to therapy with cefoxitin and gentamicin. It was not necessary to remove the Hickman catheter.