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We present a case of an abdominal wall abscess caused by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>M. mageritense<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content> following a living donor kidney transplant.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case Presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 58\u2010year\u2010old woman, post\u2010ABO\u2010incompatible kidney transplant, developed an abscess at the site of a removed peritoneal dialysis catheter. Initial antibiotics were ineffective, and pus cultures identified <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\"><jats:italic>M. mageritense<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>. Surgical drainage and levofloxacin\u2010linezolid therapy controlled the infection temporarily. Despite clinical improvement, the abscess recurred 30\u2009days post\u2010discharge, which required repeated antibiotic use and adjustments to immunosuppression. Reducing mycophenolate mofetil while maintaining tacrolimus stabilized the infection, and prophylactic levofloxacin was continued post\u2010discharge to prevent relapse.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Effective infection control requires careful immunosuppressive adjustment and long\u2010term antibiotic use to balance graft preservation with infection risk.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/iju5.70042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]],"date-time":"2025-05-09T09:36:07Z","timestamp":1746783367000},"page":"369-372","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Case of Delayed Refractory <scp><i>Mycobacterium mageritense<\/i><\/scp> Abdominal Wall Abscess in a Kidney Transplant Recipient"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Hisashi","family":"Sakurai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3750-3811","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teppei","family":"Okamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoko","family":"Hamaya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hirotake","family":"Kodama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Naoki","family":"Fujita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hayato","family":"Yamamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuyuki","family":"Mori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takeshi","family":"Fujita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology and Nephrology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Atushi","family":"Imai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reiichi","family":"Murakami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology and Nephrology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hirofumi","family":"Tomita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology and Nephrology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0026-4079","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shingo","family":"Hatakeyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Hirosaki University School of Medicine  Aomori Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ccm.2014.11.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128\/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0027-2016"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1016\/j.idcr.2022.e01640","article-title":"Case Series of Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Post\u2010Operative Surgical Site Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients","volume":"30","author":"Al M. 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