Fatal meningitis caused by Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):325-6. doi: 10.1086/524897.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / microbiology*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*