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Mycobacterium abscessus wound infection
Author(s) -
Ozluer Selim M,
De'Ambrosis Brian J
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00468.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium abscessus , clarithromycin , surgery , wound infection , mycobacterium infections , dermatology , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis , helicobacter pylori
SUMMARY We report an isolated case of wound infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus following minor cutaneous surgery. The patient had routine skin cancer surgery in a private dermatology practice setting. He presented 2 weeks later with a wound infection which failed to respond to cephalexin. The patient reported that he had walked through salt water and bushes with exposed surgical wounds 1 week postoperatively. Tissue cultures later grew M. abscessus . The patient was successfully treated with oral clarithromycin 500 mg qid of 6 months duration.