Hypercalcaemia in Mycobacterium kansasii pulmonary infection

• Published in: BMJ case reports Vol. 14; no. 11; p. e245800
• Main Authors: Flowers, Robert Costigan, Ocampo, Javier, Krautbauer, Justin, Kupin, Warren L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 30.11.2021; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Aged; Anemia; Antibiotics; Biopsy; Bone marrow; Bronchoscopy; Calcium; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Case Report; Case reports; Coronary vessels; Creatinine; Disease prevention; Etiology; Fecal incontinence; Hematology; Hemoglobin; Hospitals; Humans; Hypercalcemia; Hypercalcemia - diagnosis; Hypercalcemia - drug therapy; Hypercalcemia - etiology; Infections; Kidney diseases; Laboratories; Lung; Lung Diseases - complications; Lung Diseases - diagnosis; Lung Diseases - microbiology; Male; Multiple myeloma; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - complications; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis; Mycobacterium kansasii; Parathyroid Hormone; Physical therapy; Sarcoidosis; Transplants & implants; Tuberculosis; Viral infections; TB and other respiratory infections; calcium and bone; pneumonia (respiratory medicine); immunology; renal transplantation

A gentleman in his 60s with end-stage kidney disease status post kidney transplantation on prednisone and tacrolimus presented with generalised weakness for 7 days, associated with altered mental status. Investigations revealed pancytopenia, acute kidney injury, hypercalcaemia, decreased parathyroid...