Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with Hughes-Stovin syndrome

Vrinda Vyas; Stephanie M Bryant; Amish Shah; Dana Savici

doi:10.1080/08998280.2021.1918817

Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection with Hughes-Stovin syndrome

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2021 May 5;34(5):595-596. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2021.1918817. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Vrinda Vyas¹, Stephanie M Bryant², Amish Shah³, Dana Savici³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
² Department of Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.

Abstract

Mycobacterium chelonae usually causes localized cutaneous infections and abscesses but has the potential to cause disseminated infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. We report a 27-year-old man with Hughes-Stovin syndrome and catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome who was on chronic immunosuppressant therapy and developed disseminated M. chelonae infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of M. chelonae infection in a patient with Hughes-Stovin syndrome.

Keywords: Hughes-Stovin syndrome; M. chelonae; nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Publication types

Case Reports