TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycobacterium wolinskyi
T2 - A case series and review of the literature
AU - Ariza-Heredia, Ella J.
AU - Dababneh, Ala S.
AU - Wilhelm, Mark P.
AU - Wengenack, Nancy L.
AU - Razonable, Raymund R.
AU - Wilson, John W.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Mycobacterium wolinskyi is an uncommonly encountered rapidly growing mycobacterium. To date, only 12 clinical cases have been reported in the literature. In this report, we describe 5 additional cases of M. wolinskyi infection seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, since 2009. The clinical manifestations were sternal wound infections (n = 2), a surgical site wound infection, a cardiac-device pocket site infection, and a vascular graft infection with bacteremia. The infections occurred in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients, including a lung transplant recipient. Treatment of M. wolinskyi infections required a prolonged course of combination antimicrobial treatment and surgical debridement.
AB - Mycobacterium wolinskyi is an uncommonly encountered rapidly growing mycobacterium. To date, only 12 clinical cases have been reported in the literature. In this report, we describe 5 additional cases of M. wolinskyi infection seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, since 2009. The clinical manifestations were sternal wound infections (n = 2), a surgical site wound infection, a cardiac-device pocket site infection, and a vascular graft infection with bacteremia. The infections occurred in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients, including a lung transplant recipient. Treatment of M. wolinskyi infections required a prolonged course of combination antimicrobial treatment and surgical debridement.
KW - 16S rRNA gene
KW - Lung transplant
KW - Mycobacterium wolinskyi
KW - Wound infection
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U2 - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 21945390
AN - SCOPUS:82555179205
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 71
SP - 421
EP - 427
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 4
ER -