Disseminated cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

IDCases. 2014 Jul 25;1(4):68-9. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.07.002. eCollection 2014.

Authors

C Ferry¹, A Saussine², J D Bouaziz², A Xhaard¹, R Peffault de Latour¹, P Ribaud¹, M Robin¹, E Cambau³, G Socié¹

Affiliations

¹ Service hematologie greffe, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.
² Service de dermatologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France.
³ Department de bactériologie-virologie groupe hospitalier Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Paris, France.

Abstract

This report describes two cases of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

Keywords: Chronic graft versus host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Mycobacterium chelonae.