Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.35703
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.35703
Case report
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06 Aug 2019
Case report |  | 06 Aug 2019

Mycobacterium Avium Prosthetic Hip Infection on Abatacept Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin

Rachel Sigler and Jessica R. Newman

Keywords: MAC, joint infection, immunosuppression, prosthetic joint

Abstract. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are well-described pulmonary pathogens in patients with underlying lung disease. Extra-pulmonary infections with NTM are rare. We describe a prosthetic hip infection with Mycobacterium avium complex. Increased immunosuppressing medications and number of total joint replacements are expected to increase the prevalence of NTM infections in the future.