Abstract
Skin and soft tissue infections caused by rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RG-NTM) have become a growing clinical concern over the past decades. These RG-NTM are ubiquitous environmental organisms and most are resistant to traditional antituberculous agents. In this report, we describe 3 cutaneous infections caused by RG-NTM, namely, Mycobacterium abscessus, M. chelonae, and M. conceptionense, and present the clinical and laboratory characteristics of these infections.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Female
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
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Mycobacterium chelonae / genetics
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Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*