Mycobacterium avium-avium-associated typhlitis mimicking appendicitis in an immunocompetent host

Helen C. Azzam; Mona K. Gahunia; Sutthichai Sae-Tia; Jerome Santoro

doi:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31818457a3

Mycobacterium avium-avium-associated typhlitis mimicking appendicitis in an immunocompetent host

Helen C. Azzam
, Mona K. Gahunia
, Sutthichai Sae-Tia
, Jerome Santoro

Infectious Diseases

University of Pennsylvania
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Lankenau Hospital

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Abstract

Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) primarily causes respiratory infection in patients with underlying lung disease or disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. We report a unique case of MAC disease in the terminal ileum of a healthy patient, mimicking appendicitis. This case emphasizes the need to further explore MAC pathogenesis in immunocompetent hosts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	218-220
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Volume	337
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31818457a3
State	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Appendicitis
Mesenteric lymphadenitis
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium avium avium
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex

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Mycobacterium avium-avium-associated typhlitis mimicking appendicitis in an immunocompetent host

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