Successful Diagnosis of Intestinal Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Using Nasogastric Aspirate Culture: A Case Report

J. B. Parr; A. M. Lachiewicz; D. van Duin; P. P. Chong

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.009

Successful Diagnosis of Intestinal Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Using Nasogastric Aspirate Culture: A Case Report

J. B. Parr, A. M. Lachiewicz, D. van Duin, P. P. Chong

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Intestinal Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections are rare and can be challenging to diagnose. We describe a case of intestinal MAC infection in a kidney transplant recipient with 5 months of unexplained weight loss and abdominal pain who developed intestinal obstruction. Esophagoduodenoscopy with biopsies was performed but was nondiagnostic. Intestinal MAC was diagnosed via nasogastric aspirate culture results. The patient's symptoms rapidly improved after initiation of appropriate treatment, but he later died of aspiration pneumonia and candidemia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2362-2364
Number of pages	3
Journal	Transplantation proceedings
Volume	49
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.009
State	Published - Dec 2017

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Transplantation

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