Mycobacterium genavense invasive infection in two children with AIDS: long-term followup.

Mycobacterium genavense is a rare cause of opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. Follow up of two cases of M. genavense invasive infection in children with haemophilia A and AIDS are presented. One patient died 18 months after diagnosis of M. genavense infection of an indirectly related cause, probably of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The second patient still attends our outpatient clinic and the infection is under control. Both presented with abdominal lymphomas and pain and a wasting syndrome. A combination of several drugs against atypical mycobacteria is used for treatment.