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. 2019 Sep 18;11(2):8108. doi: 10.4081/idr.2019.8108

Table 1.

Cases of rapid-growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (rNTM) identified in blood cultures at our institution, 2012-2018.

Case Month/Year Organism Central line Line removed Culture clearance Antibiotics Outcome
59-year-old man with ESRD 09/2018 M. chelonae CVC, tunneled Y Y ciprofloxacin and metronidazole for 7 days Infection resolved
32-year-old woman with “Chronic Lyme disease” 03/2018 M. goodii CVC, port Y N See text Declined follow-up
70-year-old man with Parkinson’s Disease 02/2018 M. mucogenicum PICC Y Y piperacillin/ tazobactam for 2 weeks Infection resolved
28-year-old man with Crohn’s disease 12/2017 M. mucogenicum No midline Y Y linezolid for 2 weeks Infection resolved
27-year-old woman with ESRD 10/2016 M. fortuitum complex CVC, tunneled Y Y ciprofloxacin and clarithromycin, followed by ciprofloxacin and linezolid for 3 months Infection resolved
70-year-old woman with Crohn’s disease and recurrent urinary tract infections 08/2016 and 04/2018 M. fortuitum complex CVC, PICC Y Y* ciprofloxacin for 2 weeks Cleared initially but recurred 1.5 years later with eventual clearance after second PICC line removal
31-year-old woman with renal transplant 02/2016 M. mucogenicum group CVC, port Y Y meropenem, unclear duration Infection resolved
43-year-old woman with native-valve endocarditis 12/2015 M. mucogenicum group PICC Y Y cefepime for 6 weeks Infection resolved
52-year-old man with HIV and recurrent urinary tract infections 09/2013 M. mucogenicum group PICC Y Y piperacillin/ tazobactam and daptomycin for 4 weeks Infection resolved
27-year-old woman with sickle cell anemia 11/2012 M. mucogenicum group CVC, internal jugular Y Y ciprofloxacin and linezolid for 2 weeks Infection resolved

ESRD= end-stage renal disease, CVC = central venous catheter, PICC = peripherally inserted central catheter, Midline = peripherally inserted catheter, Y = blood cultures were drawn after line was removed and were immediately negative, N = blood cultures were not negative after line removal.

*Two instances (see Outcome).