Surgical site infection due to Mycobacterium peregrinum: a case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Miki Nagao,
Makoto Sonobe,
Toru Bando,
Takashi Saito,
Michinori Shirano,
Aki Matsushima,
Naoko Fujihara,
Shunji Takakura,
Yoshitsugu Iinuma,
Satoshi Ichiyama
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.018
Subject(s) - antibiotics , mycobacterium fortuitum , medicine , surgical site infection , surgery , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , biology , pathology
Mycobacterium peregrinum is a species included in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex, a member of the group of rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RGM). Only a few cases of infection with M. peregrinum have been reported, and no relevant review has been published.
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