Edwards LJ

Price, Richard

Krause, Vicki

Huffam, Sarah

Globan M

Fyfe J

Hajkowicz KM

2014-10

A case of fever, sepsis, and chest lesions evident on a computed tomography scan of an indigenous man in northern Australia following burns to the feet is described. Sputum PCR testing revealed Mycobacterium leprae, and a fine-needle aspirate of the chest lesions demonstrated Cryptococcus coinfection.

Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia laura.edwards@nt.gov.au..

Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom..

Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia..

Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia..

Division of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia..

Edwards, L. J., Price, R. N., Krause, V. L., Huffam, S. E., Globan, M., Fyfe, J., & Hajkowicz, K. M. (2014). Detection of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR testing of sputa from a patient with pulmonary cryptococcus coinfection in northern Australia. Journal of clinical microbiology, 52(10), 3811–3812. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01060-14

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25056325/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5576

Australia

Biopsy, Fine-Needle

Burns

Coinfection

Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcus

Humans

Leprosy

Lung

Lung Diseases, Fungal

Male

Middle Aged

Mycobacterium leprae

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Population Groups

Radiography, Thoracic

Sputum

Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Detection of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR testing of sputa from a patient with pulmonary cryptococcus coinfection in northern Australia.

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