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Case Reports
. 2005 Mar;43(3):1465-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1465-1466.2005.

Spondylitis due to Mycobacterium xenopi in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient: case report and review of the literature

Agnès Meybeck  1 , Claude Fortin, Sophie Abgrall, Homa Adle-Biassette, Gilles Hayem, Raymond Ruimy, Patrick Yeni
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Spondylitis due to Mycobacterium xenopi in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient: case report and review of the literature

Agnès Meybeck et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are well known to occur in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. However, spondylitis due to mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis is uncommon. We report a case of biopsy- and culture-proven Mycobacterium xenopi spondylitis in an AIDS patient and discuss approaches to diagnosis and therapy. This case serves to highlight the potential pathogenic role of this usually environmental commensal organism in severely immunosuppressed AIDS patients and uncertainties in their management, given the scarce data on appropriate therapy for this organism.

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