Cutaneous Lesion due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum
Annals of Dermatology
;
: 172-176, 1995.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Nontuberculous mycobacteria usually cause systemic disease and often appear as a primary pulmonary infection. However, a cutaneous lesion may be the first or only sign of infection. The most frequent human diseases caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum are cutaneous or soft tissue infections, usually preceded by injection, trauma or surgery. We report a case of a cutaneous lesion due to Mycobacterium(M.) fortuitum occuring in a 50-year-old man with a subcutaneous flat nodule on his left anterior tibia. He had received a small injury to his left shin in a swimming pool. The culture from the skin biopsy specimen on Lowenstein-Jensen medium yielded clolnies after 5 days. The microorganism was subsequently identified as M. fortuitum by selected biochemical reactions. Therapy was instituted with minocycline for 5 months.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Swimming Pools
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Tibia
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Biopsy
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Soft Tissue Infections
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Mycobacterium fortuitum
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Minocycline
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Mycobacterium
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Dermatology
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
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