ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous fast-growing mycobacterium which is frequently acquired from environmental sources such as soil and water. Since it is an opportunist pathogen, it is associated with trauma, surgery or immunodeficiency. The current report describes a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum-caused disseminated lesions on the skin of an immunocompetent patient.
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Folliculitis/microbiology , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/complications , Mycobacterium fortuitum/isolation & purification , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Immunocompetence , Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/pathologyABSTRACT
Os autores relatam um caso de paquidermoperiostose, que é uma osteoartropatia primária caracterizada por hipocratismo digital, acentuação do pregueamento cutâneo da face e couro cabeludo, hiperhidrose, hipersecreção sebácea e artralgias ou artrite. O caso apresentado pelos autores está associado ao desenvolvimento posterior de neoplasia maligna
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Humans , Male , Adult , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic/complications , Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic/diagnosisABSTRACT
We report a 14-month-old White boy who was referred to our dermatology unit for evaluation of a skin eruption on his nose. The initial examination led us to the clinical diagnosis of impetigo. The mycologic studies found an uncommon dermatophyte agent, Microsporum gypseum. The main differential diagnosis of tinea faciei is discussed.
