DISSEMINATED INFECTION CAUSED BY MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII: Report of a Case and Brief Review of the Literature

A case of disseminated visceral infection with Mycobacterium kansasii in a previously healthy 23-year-old woman is reported. The clinical picture was dominated by fever, granulocytopenia and weight loss. Later, severe pancytopenia and splenomegaly were outstanding. The course was fatal in spite of therapy with antituberculous drugs. The association of blood dyscrasias in disseminated mycobacterial infections in man is pointed out. The literature is briefly reviewed.