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Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a patient presenting with porphyria cutanea tarda
Author(s) -
JARRETT P.,
FORD G.
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-2230.1996.tb00096.x
Subject(s) - porphyria cutanea tarda , medicine , mycobacterium kansasii , ethambutol , dermatology , rifampicin , mycobacterium ulcerans , minocycline , disease , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary Mycobacterium kansasii , an atypical mycobacterium, is an uncommon cause of cutaneous and joint disease in immunocompetent patients. We report an unusual case of infection with this organism in a patient who initially presented with purphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), and who was noted also lo have a enisled ulcer over the middle phalanx and swelling of the proximal Interphalangeal joint of the right middle finger. The cutaneous ulcer healed with minocycline, hut the joint disease required a combination of rifampicin and ethambutol before a therapeutic response was obtained.