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© 1993 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

MONOARTHRITIS CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIBIM AVIUM COMPLEX IN A LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

D. CLARK*, C. M. LAMBERT*,, K. PALMER{dagger}, R. STRACHAN{ddagger} and G. NUKI

*Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, London
{dagger}Gastro-intestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, London
{ddagger}Orthopaedic Surgery, Directorate of Surgery, Royal Postgraduare Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital London

Correspondence to: Correspondence to D. Clark, Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU.

A 38-yr-old liver transplant recipient presented with a monoarthritis caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Diagnosis was not obtained with repeated microscopy and culture of SF aspirate, and required synovial biopsy.

KEY WORDS: Atypical mycobacteria, Liver transplant, Immunosuppression


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