Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection

Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is one of the common healthcare-acquired infections imposing a high burden of morbidity and mortality on the patients. Non-tuberculous mycobacterium is a rare aetiology for CRBSI and poses challenges in laboratory diagnosis and clinical management. This...

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Main Authors: Amin Nordin, Syafinaz, Badarol Hisham, Noralwani, Masri, Siti Norbaya, Madon, Mazriza
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117324/
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author Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
Badarol Hisham, Noralwani
Masri, Siti Norbaya
Madon, Mazriza
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Badarol Hisham, Noralwani
Masri, Siti Norbaya
Madon, Mazriza
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description Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is one of the common healthcare-acquired infections imposing a high burden of morbidity and mortality on the patients. Non-tuberculous mycobacterium is a rare aetiology for CRBSI and poses challenges in laboratory diagnosis and clinical management. This is a case of a woman in her early 60s with underlying end-stage renal failure, diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with a 2-week history of high-grade fever postregular haemodialysis, vomiting, lethargy and altered mental status. Blood cultures from a permanent catheter and peripheral taken concurrently yielded Mycobacterium senegalense, identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which established the diagnosis of CRBSI atypically presented with concurrent acute intracranial bleeding and cerebrovascular infarction at initial presentation. She was started on a combination of oral azithromycin, oral amikacin and intravenous imipenem, and the permanent catheter was removed. Despite the treatments instituted, she developed septicaemia, acute myocardial infarction and macrophage activation-like syndrome, causing the patient’s death.
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spelling upm-1173242025-05-14T06:13:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117324/ Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection Amin Nordin, Syafinaz Badarol Hisham, Noralwani Masri, Siti Norbaya Madon, Mazriza Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is one of the common healthcare-acquired infections imposing a high burden of morbidity and mortality on the patients. Non-tuberculous mycobacterium is a rare aetiology for CRBSI and poses challenges in laboratory diagnosis and clinical management. This is a case of a woman in her early 60s with underlying end-stage renal failure, diabetes mellitus and hypertension presented with a 2-week history of high-grade fever postregular haemodialysis, vomiting, lethargy and altered mental status. Blood cultures from a permanent catheter and peripheral taken concurrently yielded Mycobacterium senegalense, identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which established the diagnosis of CRBSI atypically presented with concurrent acute intracranial bleeding and cerebrovascular infarction at initial presentation. She was started on a combination of oral azithromycin, oral amikacin and intravenous imipenem, and the permanent catheter was removed. Despite the treatments instituted, she developed septicaemia, acute myocardial infarction and macrophage activation-like syndrome, causing the patient’s death. BMJ Publishing Group 2024 Article PeerReviewed Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Badarol Hisham, Noralwani and Masri, Siti Norbaya and Madon, Mazriza (2024) Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection. BMJ Case Reports, 17 (4). art. no. e259761. ISSN 1757-790X https://casereports.bmj.com/content/17/4/e259761
spellingShingle Amin Nordin, Syafinaz
Badarol Hisham, Noralwani
Masri, Siti Norbaya
Madon, Mazriza
Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_full Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_fullStr Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_short Mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_sort mycobacterium senegalense catheter-related bloodstream infection
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117324/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117324/