We report a case in a 67-yr-old previously healthy woman who presented with a disseminated NTM infection in the uterine cervix. The primary presentation was general fatigue and body weight loss. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Anemia

  Herein, we describe a 9-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with multiple large abdominal masses, fever, weight loss, and anemia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  While waiting for those results, your doctor may order other tests, including blood tests to check for problems such as anemia and liver disease. [webmd.com]

  Trichuriasis associated to severe transient Coomb's-negative hemolytic anemia viermi boli infecțioase macroscopic hematuria. Cryptic infection by whipworm mimicking a sessile polyp of the colon. [julian-g.ro]

  Many people will have anemia and neutropenia if bone marrow is involved. MAC bacteria should always be considered in a person with HIV infection presenting with diarrhea. [en.wikipedia.org]

• Lymphedema

  Dupuis-Girod, S., Corradini, N., Hadj-Rabia, S., Fournet, J.C., Faivre, L., Le Deist, F., Durand, P., Doffinger, R., Smahi, A., Israel, A., Courtois, G., Brousse, N., Blanche, S., Munnich, A., Fischer, A., Casanova, J.L. and Bodemer, C. (2002) Osteopetrosis, lymphedema [link.springer.com]

• Aspiration

  The lymph node aspirates showed infiltration of the same cells with acid fast bacilli in the cytoplasm. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Fortunately, it has been the experience of many physicians that careful pulmonary toilet and aspiration/aspiration prevention allow patients to thrive without medications. [kamelharpulmonary.com]

  Aspiration pneumonia Aspiration pneumonia (or aspiration pneumonitis) is caused by aspirating foreign objects which are usually oral or gastric contents, either while eating, or after reflux or vomiting which results in bronchopneumonia. [proz.com]

• Persistent Cough

  An infant was referred to us for persistent cough and recurrent wheezing. Chest X-ray showed an abnormal shadow in the right lower lobe. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  It usually first presents as a persistent cough. It is typically treated with a series of three antibiotics for a period of at least six months. [en.wikipedia.org]

  The most common symptoms include a persistent cough, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, and occasionally shortness of breath (dyspnea) and coughing up of blood (hemoptysis). [rarediseases.org]

• Diarrhea

  We report an HIV-infected patient with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection who presented with fever, mucous bloody diarrhea and cutaneous lesions on both legs. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  If MAC goes all over your body, you may have: High fever or chills Night sweats Belly pain Diarrhea Weight loss Fatigue Swollen glands Fewer red blood cells ( anemia ) You could also have more serious symptoms like: Blood infections Hepatitis Pneumonia [webmd.com]

  […] patients May be due to contaminated endoscope ( Kekkaku 1995;70:629 ) Sites Ileocecal area is most commonly involved (90%) similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Clinical features Nonspecific symptoms of fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, diarrhea [pathologyoutlines.com]

  MAC bacteria should always be considered in a person with HIV infection presenting with diarrhea. [en.wikipedia.org]

• Abdominal Pain

  In disseminated cases, both tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections may involve the gastrointestinal system and cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  MAC medications can have side effects, such as: Feeling queasy, throwing up, or diarrhea Abdominal pain Eye swelling that brings eye pain, light sensitivity, redness, or blurred vision Rashes, itching Anemia Hearing Loss Numbness in feet Hearing loss [webmd.com]

  pain Diagnosis AFB smear, blood/sterile site culture, tissue biopsy Multiplex PCR, DNA probes, DNA sequencing for specific NTM speciation Laboratory MAI complex: No cording on Lowenstein-Jensen/Middlebrook broth Nitro-α acetylamino β hydroxypropiophenone [pathologyoutlines.com]

  Trichuris trichiura infection, abdominal pain, and colonoscopy. Diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura whipworm by colonoscopic extraction. Endoscopic prevalence of whipworm infestation in northern Italy. [julian-g.ro]

  Pulmonary involvement is similar to TB, while diarrhea and abdominal pain are associated with gastrointestinal involvement. [en.wikipedia.org]

• Visual Impairment

  Three children (27.3%) developed a visual impairment secondary to EMB, with delays of 4, 7 and 36 weeks. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Sweating

  At other times, they can cause lung symptoms similar to tuberculosis: Cough Weight loss Coughing up blood or mucus Weakness or fatigue Fever and chills Night sweats Lack of appetite and weight loss Medicines can treat these infections, but often more [medlineplus.gov]

  Symptoms of Mycobacterium chimaera infection Symptoms include: a high temperature including feeling hot and shivery unintentional weight loss cough or increasing shortness of breath waking up with bed sheets showing signs of sweating (night sweats) joint [nhs.uk]

  However, most have a combination of respiratory and systemic features similar to tuberculosis ; chronic cough shortness of breath on exertion hemoptysis low-grade fever night sweats fatigue weight loss As with M. tuberculosis NTMs commonly cause pulmonary [radiopaedia.org]

  Patients with NTM will also be examined by a cystic fibrosis specialist and may have a sweat test. [clinicaltrials.gov]

  If MAC goes all over your body, you may have: High fever or chills Night sweats Belly pain Diarrhea Weight loss Fatigue Swollen glands Fewer red blood cells ( anemia ) You could also have more serious symptoms like: Blood infections Hepatitis Pneumonia [webmd.com]

• Skin Ulcer

  M. ulcerans infection causes chronic skin ulcerations, usually on an arm or leg. Atypical mycobacteria infections can also occur without causing any symptoms. In such cases, a tuberculin skin test may be positive. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Interestingly, the diagnostic workup revealed that the patient had Lady Windermere syndrome which is one of features for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In cases of lung infection, a diagnostic workup will include a chest x ray and tests on discharges from the respiratory passages (sputum). [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

The diagnostic workup in May 2015 revealed an incidental 5-mm small pulmonary nodulus in the right upper lobe, which was observed to be metabolically active in PET–CT. [wwwnc.cdc.gov]

• Mycobacterium Chelonae

  Atypical mycobacterial infection can develop in anyone with exposure to the bacteria, and those forms that affect the skin are mycobacterium ulcerans, mycobacterium chelonae, and mycobacterium marinium. [ozarkderm.com]

  Typical Rash Associated with Mycobacterium chelonae Infection. [nejm.org]

  We evaluated a patient with disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium chelonae infection, of which he died. He also developed autoimmune (type I) diabetes and primary hypothyroidism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Some of those causing atypical mycobacterial infections include: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Mycobacterium kansasii Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium ulcerans Mycobacterium chelonae Mycobacterium fortuitum Mycobacterium abscessus Mycobacterium [dermnetnz.org]

Our goal was to determine the clinical features of musculoskeletal NTM infection and to present the treatment outcomes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Immune-reconstitution syndrome (IRS) occurred to 19 (79%) patients (8 paradoxical and 11 unmasking), and prognosis tended to be better in unmasking-IRS than the other patients (n = 13) (p = 0.078). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Treatment and prognosis Detailed guidelines on the management approach are available 12. [radiopaedia.org]

Prognosis The prognosis is good with proper medical and surgical treatment. [patient.info]

A differential diagnosis of nondental etiologies of cervical lymphadenopathy in young children is described. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Precise identification of etiologic NTM organisms could help predict treatment outcomes in patients with NTM-LD due to mixed infections. [aac.asm.org]

PMID: 1495596 Comparison of bone marrow studies with blood culture for etiological diagnosis of disseminated mycobacterial and fungal infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

(Etiology) Atypical Mycobacterial Infections are caused by any species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Up to 13 distinct species of atypical mycobacteria are known to cause human infection. [dovemed.com]

He recalled no antecedent trauma and denied any unusual epidemiologic exposure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Section I presents basic concepts of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical therapy, drug-resistant tuberculosis, vaccines, and tuberculosis in enclosed populations. [asmscience.org]

Plate is an internal medicine specialist working as an infectious disease fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. [wwwnc.cdc.gov]

Section I presents basic concepts of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical therapy, drug-resistant tuberculosis, vaccines, and tuberculosis in enclosed populations. [asmscience.org]

Introduction Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections Epidemiology demographics often found in marine workers location hand and wrist are involved in 50% of cases risk factors immunocompromised host Pathophysiology incubation average incubation period [orthobullets.com]

Recent results support the use of zebrafish as a model for studying the pathophysiology of mycobacterial infection and for the development of novel interventions for tuberculosis (TB) control. [sabio-irec.com]

Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Intracellulare Infection With Concurrent Small Bowel Obstruction: Case, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Considerations. Bhatia A, Shah H, Mehra D, Ogunjemilusi O. Bhatia A, et al. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Effective prevention and therapy of MAC has the potential to contribute substantially to improved quality of life and duration of survival for HIV-infected persons. [12] Pathophysiology [ edit ] Mycobacterium avium complex is the most commonly found form [en.wikipedia.org]

You can prevent MAC by starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) early and not allow your CD4 count to get low. [webmd.com]

The course developed a detailed understanding of immunopathogenic, clinical, therapeutic and preventive aspects of mycobacterial infections associated with the most common comorbidities. [escmid.org]

This study underlines the urgent need to intensify screening for mycobacteria coinfection with HIV and to prevent the spread of drug-resistant TB among HIV-infected patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Can People Prevent Atypical Mycobacterial Infections? Because mycobacteria are common in the environment, these infections are difficult to prevent, especially in people with weakened immune systems. [encyclopedia.com]

Prevention People with HIV infection can prevent or delay the onset of MAC by taking disease-preventing drugs such as rifabutin. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]