Disseminated Mycobacterium lentiflavum responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a man with a history of heart transplantation

G Thomas; S Hraiech; S Dizier; P J Weiller; N Ene; J Serratrice; V Secq; P Ambrosi; M Drancourt; A Roch; L Papazian

doi:10.1128/JCM.00758-14

Disseminated Mycobacterium lentiflavum responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a man with a history of heart transplantation

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Aug;52(8):3121-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00758-14. Epub 2014 May 28.

Authors

G Thomas¹, S Hraiech², S Dizier², P J Weiller³, N Ene³, J Serratrice³, V Secq⁴, P Ambrosi⁵, M Drancourt⁶, A Roch², L Papazian²

Affiliations

¹ Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France guillemette.thomas@ap-hm.fr.
² Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
³ Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
⁴ Laboratoire Anatomo-Pathologie, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
⁵ Médecine Interne et gériatrie, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
⁶ Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS UMR7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France.

Abstract

Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a nontuberculous, slowly growing mycobacterium usually recognized as a contaminant. Here, we report a case of disseminated M. lentiflavum infection responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a heart-transplanted man.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / complications*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis*
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / classification
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*