Mycobacterium bovis
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Introduction
Causes HIV-associated mycobacterial infection.
Epidemiology
- possible airborne transmission (2 cases)[3]
Pathology
- cavitary pneumonia
- disseminated multiorgan disease
Pharmacology
- attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in BCG vaccine[1]
Clinical manifestations
- disseminated multiorgan disease
- chills, recurrent fever, cough, night sweats, diarrhea, muscle weakness, fatigue, anorexia, pleural effusions, hemoptysis, mild splenomegaly (case report[2])
Laboratory
- see Mycobacterium
Radiology
- CT of thorax
- diffuse ground-glass opacities throughout both lungs
- pleural effusion (case report[2])
Management
More general terms
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 16. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2012
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cho JL, McDermott S, Tsibris AM, Mark EJ. CASE RECORDS of the MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. Case 37-2015. A 76-Year-Old Man with Fevers, Leukopenia, and Pulmonary Infiltrates. N Engl J Med. 2015 Nov 26;373(22):2162-72 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605931 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1504839
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Buss BF, Keyser-Metobo A, Rother J et al Possible Airborne Person-to-Person Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis - Nebraska 2014-2015 MMWR Weekly / March 4, 2016 / 65(8);197-201 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6508a1.htm