Abstract
<i>Mycobacterium heckeshornense</i>Infection in HIV-infected Patient
Highlights
Disseminated disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been described for HIV-infected patients with CD4 counts
No criteria exist for diagnosing disseminated NTM infection other than M. avium–intracellulare complex (MAC), which is based on clinical signs and isolation from cultures of blood, lymph node, bone marrow, or other sterile sites
Piersimoni et al [8] found that most blood cultures for M. xenopi were detected with terminal acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and visual growth inspection performed after the isolates had been determined as negative by conventional means at 42 days, which suggests a need for prolonged incubation
Summary
2. Wang H, Feng Z, Shu Y, Yu H, Zhou L, Zu R, et al Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China. China reports second confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1) [cited 2010 Jul 20]. We report disseminated M. heckeshornense infection in an HIVinfected patient and document its role as an emerging pathogen.
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