Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient

We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium branderi, a slow growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The pulmonary disease was treated successfully with the combination of Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Clarithromycin. M. branderi may...

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Autores principales: Majid Marjani, Maham Farshidpour, Payam Tabarsi, Fatemeh-Maryam Sheikholslami, Parissa Farnia
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c75b7285d03c4b56a7280ff3dda83bfc2021-12-02T17:05:52ZIsolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.127417https://doaj.org/article/c75b7285d03c4b56a7280ff3dda83bfc2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.127417https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium branderi, a slow growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The pulmonary disease was treated successfully with the combination of Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Clarithromycin. M. branderi may be considered as an opportunistic pathogen, especially among immunologically compromised patients.Majid MarjaniMaham FarshidpourPayam TabarsiFatemeh-Maryam SheikholslamiParissa FarniaThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleacute myelogenous leukemiamycobacterium branderi pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphismMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 04, Iss 01, Pp 17-19 (2014)
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topic acute myelogenous leukemia
mycobacterium branderi
pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism
Medicine
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spellingShingle acute myelogenous leukemia
mycobacterium branderi
pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism
Medicine
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Majid Marjani
Maham Farshidpour
Payam Tabarsi
Fatemeh-Maryam Sheikholslami
Parissa Farnia
Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
description We report a case of pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium branderi, a slow growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria, in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The pulmonary disease was treated successfully with the combination of Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline and Clarithromycin. M. branderi may be considered as an opportunistic pathogen, especially among immunologically compromised patients.
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author Majid Marjani
Maham Farshidpour
Payam Tabarsi
Fatemeh-Maryam Sheikholslami
Parissa Farnia
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Maham Farshidpour
Payam Tabarsi
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title Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_short Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_full Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_fullStr Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_full_unstemmed Isolation of Mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
title_sort isolation of mycobacterium branderi, an unusual species from an acute myelogenous leukemia patient
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/c75b7285d03c4b56a7280ff3dda83bfc
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