Mycobacterial Infections in Patients With Hairy Cell Leukemia: A Systematic Review of Published Cases
Mycobacterial infections in HCL are frequently disseminated and associated with substantial mortality. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion, ensure timely species-level diagnosis, and evaluate for multisystem involvement when managing suspected mycobacterial disease in HCL.
Authors
- Praveen Kumar Tirlangi
- M. P. Grobusch
- Santosh Chellapuram
- Venkata Swathi Kiran Pothumarthy
- Adil Rashid Khan
- Nitin Gupta
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Namangan State University (UZ)
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (DE)
- Centre de Recherche Médicales de Lambaréné (GA)
- Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (ZA)
- MaxCure Hospitals (IN)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag063
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00