Skin infection caused by Mycobacterium szulgai after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

P Frisk; G Boman; K Pauksen; B Petrini; G Lönnerholm

doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1703861

Skin infection caused by Mycobacterium szulgai after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2003 Mar;31(6):511-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703861.

Authors

P Frisk¹, G Boman, K Pauksen, B Petrini, G Lönnerholm

Affiliation

¹ Uppsala University Children's Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 12665849
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703861

Abstract

Infections are responsible for a large part of the morbidity and mortality after BMT because of the sustained impairment of host defenses. We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium szulgai in a boy who underwent BMT with marrow from a matched unrelated donor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria*
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Transplantation, Homologous