Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection favoring the development of Kaposi's sarcoma: a case report

• Main Authors: Tommaso Clemente (Author), Vincenzo Spagnuolo (Author), Martina Bottanelli (Author), Marco Ripa (Author), Benedetto Del Forno (Author), Elena Busnardo (Author), Giuseppe Di Lucca (Author), Antonella Castagna (Author), Anna Danise (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection is an emerging disease in people undergone to cardiothoracic surgery, which need to be suspected also with atypical presentations. Case presentation We report the case of a 74-year-old man with fever of unknown origin, purple nodules...