A living donor kidney transplant recipient with mycobacterium senegalense bacteremia: A case report

Ann Bugeja; Richard Hae; Ewa Rajda; Edward G Clark; Ayub Akbari; Todd Fairhead; C Arianne Buchan

doi:10.1111/tid.13596

A living donor kidney transplant recipient with mycobacterium senegalense bacteremia: A case report

Transpl Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;23(4):e13596. doi: 10.1111/tid.13596. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Authors

Ann Bugeja¹, Richard Hae², Ewa Rajda³, Edward G Clark¹, Ayub Akbari¹, Todd Fairhead¹, C Arianne Buchan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre and McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

PMID: 33655620
DOI: 10.1111/tid.13596

Abstract

Mycobacterium senegalense is primarily known in sub-Saharan Africa to cause bovine farcy, a chronic granulomatous inflammation of the skin and lymphatics in cows. Reports of M. senegalense are rare among humans. We report a unique case of M. senegalense bloodstream infection in a living donor kidney transplant recipient with multiple possible sources of infection.

Keywords: Mycobacterium senegalense; bacteremia; case report; kidney transplantation; living donation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteremia* / diagnosis
Bacteremia* / drug therapy
Cattle
Female
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Living Donors
Mycobacteriaceae
Mycobacterium*

Supplementary concepts

Mycolicibacterium senegalense