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Mycobacterium genavense invasive infection in two children with AIDS: Long-term followup

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Mycobacterium genavense is a rare cause of opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. Follow up of two cases ofM. genavense invasive infection in children with haemophilia A and AIDS are presented. One patient died 18 months after diagnosis ofM. genavense infection of an indirectly related cause, probably ofPneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The second patient still attends our outpatient clinic and the infection is under control. Both presented with abdominal lymphomas and pain and a wasting syndrome. A combination of several drugs against atypical mycobacteria is used for treatment.

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Abbreviations

AFB :

acid fast bacilli

IVIG :

intravenous immunglobulins

MAC :

Mycobacterium avium complex

PCP :

pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

TMP-SMX :

trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010, Berne, Switzerland

    Didier Reymond & Peter Birrer

  2. Department of Paediatrics (UBS), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Urs B. Schaad

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Reymond, D., Birrer, P. & Schaad, U.B. Mycobacterium genavense invasive infection in two children with AIDS: Long-term followup. Eur J Pediatr 154 (Suppl 4), S74–S76 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02191511

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