Mycobacterium szulgai pulmonary infection in a woman with anorexia nervosa

Kamini Shah; Jonathan Siglin; Devang M Patel

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00883

Mycobacterium szulgai pulmonary infection in a woman with anorexia nervosa

IDCases. 2020 Jun 20:21:e00883. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00883. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Kamini Shah¹, Jonathan Siglin², Devang M Patel¹

Affiliations

¹ Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Irvine, CA, USA.
² University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Abstract

A 40-year-old woman with severe anorexia nervosa was found to have a bilateral pulmonary infection with rare atypical mycobacterium Mycobacterium szulgai. Of note, she had no preexisting structural lung disease or history of tuberculosis, smoking, or HIV. Current data suggest that both impaired cell-mediated immunity and altered respiratory mechanics are risk factors for mycobacterial infection in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Mycobacterium szulgai; NTM.

Publication types

Case Reports