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Multiple injection abscesses in a diabetic caused by Mycobacterium chelonei
Author(s) -
KELLY S. E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1987.tb01856.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium abscessus , sterilization (economics) , mycobacterium infections , dermatology , mycobacterium , surgery , diabetes mellitus , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , immunology , pathology , biology , endocrinology , tuberculosis , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Summary Mycobacterium chelonei (pre abscessus) is an atypical mycobacterium which is an uncommon human pathogen. There have been infrequent reports that implicate the organism in both superficial infection and overwhelming septicaemia. A cast of an insulin‐dependent diabetic who developed injection abscesses which were due to M. chelonei is reported. This case stresses the importance of adequate sterilization of needles and syringes and may provide further evidence to support the suggestion that diabetics ought to be provided with disposable, once‐only equipment.