%0 Journal Article
%T Fatal Pulmonary Mycobacterium Celatum Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient. An Eight-Year Follow-Up of the First Case, a Review of the Literature and a Report of Beta-2 Microglobulin as a Potential Indicator of Disease Severity
%A S. Rustscheff
%A J. Darelid
%J Advances in Infectious Diseases
%P 253-256
%@ 2164-2656
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aid.2013.34038
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Setting:</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Swedish county hospital.</span><span> </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective: Pulmonary </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">M. celatum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> infection has been previously described only twice in an immunocompetent
individual with no pre-existing chest disease. </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We describe the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">first Swedish
case report of unusual drug-related complications and review the literature.</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Discussion: Atypical mycobacterios</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">i</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">is</span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> often difficult to
treat. We describe a fatal case of m celatum pneumonia in a previously healthy
patient, unusual side effects encountered </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">during
her treatment and also </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">report of the utility of beta-2-microglobulin as a way
to measure disease activity in my</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cobacterial infections.</span><span> </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusions: </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">M</span></i></span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span></i><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> celatum</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> may cause fatal
pneumonia in previously healthy individuals. Treating the disease may be
fraught with difficulty and there is a risk for very severe side effects, all
of which must be weighed before taking the decision to treat this disease.</span><span></span>
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%K Mycobacterium Celatum
%K Immunocompenent
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=40384