ReviewBMJ case reports2013
Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria: a case series of 23 patients and a review of 108 cases in the literature.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Review
- Article
- First report of disseminatedIJID regions · 2022Article
- Difficulty in diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.IDCases · 2022Article
- Refractory Osteomyelitis Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection of the Musculoskeletal System Detected at Two Tertiary Medical Centres in Henan, China, 2016-2020.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Musculoskeletal Infection Cases from a Tertiary Referral Center, Colorado, USA.Emerging infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Mycobacterium abscessus ssp. abscessus infection progressing to empyema from vertebral osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient without pulmonary disease: a case report.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Article
- Review
- Severe hypercalcemia in a patient with extrapulmonaryJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2018Review
- A rare native mitral valve endocarditis successfully treated after surgical correction.BMJ case reports · 2014Article
- Highlight on advances in nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in North America.BioMed research international · 2014Review
- Mycobacteria Intracellulare Spondylodiscitis Presenting as Progressive Consecutive Vertebral Sclerosis: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reportsArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Mycobacterium infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTBM) organisms is becoming more common. Although NTBM osteomyelitis is unusual, it can occur in otherwise healthy individuals, but it is also associated with immunocompromised states, such as steroidal therapy and AIDS, and may be observed following trauma. Mycobacterium avium is reported to be the most common causative agent, and Mycobacterium abscessus has only been described in two cases. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with history of hepatitis C diagnosed with osteomyelitis of the thoracic spine caused by M abscessus. We present a literature review of NTBM osteomyelitis and a discussion of its diagnosis and treatment.
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