@article{de021cf7ad3c438f92d7108f6d801893,
title = "Successful Diagnosis of Intestinal Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Using Nasogastric Aspirate Culture: A Case Report",
abstract = "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.",
author = "Parr, {J. B.} and Lachiewicz, {A. M.} and {van Duin}, D. and Chong, {P. P.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (grant no. KL2TR001109), and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (grant no. 2015213). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.transproceed.2017.09.009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "49",
pages = "2362--2364",
journal = "Transplantation Proceedings",
issn = "0041-1345",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "10",
}