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Infection with Mycobacterium avium—intracellulare with abscess, ulceration and fistula formation
Author(s) -
HIDE M.,
HONDO T.,
YONEHARA S.,
MOTOHIRO Y.,
OKANO S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.4921430.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , fistula , osteomyelitis , mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection , mycobacterium , subcutaneous abscess , dermatology , pathology , surgery , tuberculosis
Summary Infections caused by Mycobacterium avium—intracellulare complex are generally manifested as pulmonary disease, osteomyelitis or lymphadenitis, and cutaneous infection is rare. We describe a case of M. intracellulare infection of the skin in a 79‐year‐old man without apparent immunologically disabling disease or therapy. He had cutaneous infection of the right hand over 10 years, developing a fistula and, finally, an ulcer and abscess, 2 months before his death from heart failure. Mycobacteriu intacellulare was identified by both microbiological characteristics and DNA‐DNA hybridization.