Skin tuberculosis with atypical mycobacteria 8 years after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation.

Abstract

We report on a Mycobacterium marinum infection in a diabetic woman 8 years after undergoing a combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. This is, to our knowledge, the first case report on an isolated skin infection with atypical mycobacteria after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. A genetic probe categorization revealed an infection with M. marinum. Skin tuberculosis caused by M. marinum is an uncommon complication in kidney or pancreas-kidney transplant recipients, hence the diagnosis can be delayed.

• Authors: Bernhard Schmekal, Othmar Janko, Jan Zazgornik, Herwig Schinko, Stefan Bogner, Gehard Syre, Georg Biesenbach
• Journal: American journal of nephrology (Am J Nephrol) 2002 Sep-Dec Vol. 22 Issue 5-6 Pg. 566-8 ISSN: 0250-8095 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 12381960 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

Topics

• Female
• Humans
• Kidney Transplantation
• Middle Aged
• Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous (microbiology)
• Mycobacterium marinum (isolation & purification)
• Pancreas Transplantation
• Postoperative Complications
• Tuberculosis, Cutaneous (microbiology)