Mycobacterium gordonae pulmonary disease associated with a continuous positive airway pressure device

M A Assi; J C Berg; W F Marshall; N L Wengenack; R Patel

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00202.x

Mycobacterium gordonae pulmonary disease associated with a continuous positive airway pressure device

Transpl Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;9(3):249-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00202.x. Epub 2007 Jul 1.

Authors

M A Assi¹, J C Berg, W F Marshall, N L Wengenack, R Patel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

PMID: 17605753
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00202.x

Abstract

There are no formal recommendations on the proper handling and decontamination of respiratory devices for home use. We describe the case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed Mycobacterium gordonae pneumonia transmitted by his continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / surgery
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / adverse effects*
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / instrumentation
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Lung Diseases / drug therapy
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Lung Diseases / microbiology
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / growth & development*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification