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Mycobacterium avium complex infection limited to the skin in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
KAKINUMA H.,
SUZUKI H.
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1994.tb03420.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium avium complex , medicine , dermatology , lupus erythematosus , mycobacterium , systemic disease , connective tissue disease , immunology , immunopathology , pathology , autoimmune disease , tuberculosis , antibody
Summary We describe a case of Mycobacterium avium infection of the skin in a 51 ‐year‐old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus. Two lesions were treated with a combination of oral tetracycline or minocycline and hyperthermia using a portable warmer. One subsequently healed, leaving an atrophic scar, but the other lesion persisted, and was eventually excised.