Abstract
Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC) is a rapidly growing mycobacterium and may rarely cause disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. In patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), it peaks between the ages of 11 and 15 years. We present a five-month-old infant with coexisting CF and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) who had pulmonary and cutaneous dissemination of MABSC infection. The management of this disseminated infection in an infant with two coexisting chronic diseases was challenging and resulted in the rapid deterioration of lung function and progression of PFIC to liver cirrhosis with a fatal outcome.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), 295-299
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Weerakoon, S. A., Al Salti, M., Mohsin, J., Al Hashami, H., Al Lawati, T., & Mohsin, H. (2025). Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), 295-299. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089
MLA 9
Weerakoon, Sanjeewani A., et al. "Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 2025, pp. 295-299. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089.
Chicago (author–date)
Weerakoon, Sanjeewani A., Maya Al Salti, Jalila Mohsin, Hilal Al Hashami, Tawfiq Al Lawati, and Hussain Mohsin. 2025. "Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 22 (2): 295-299. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089.
Harvard
Weerakoon, S. A., Al Salti, M., Mohsin, J., Al Hashami, H., Al Lawati, T. and Mohsin, H. (2025) 'Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 22(2), pp. 295-299. doi:10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089.
Vancouver
Weerakoon SA, Al Salti M, Mohsin J, Al Hashami H, Al Lawati T, Mohsin H. Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;22(2):295-299. doi:10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089
IEEE
S. A. Weerakoon, M. Al Salti, J. Mohsin, H. Al Hashami, T. Al Lawati, and H. Mohsin, "Early Disseminated Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex Infection in an Infant with Coexisting Cystic Fibrosis and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 295-299, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.6.2021.089.