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Skin Granulomas due to Mycobacterium gordonae
Author(s) -
Gengoux P.,
Portaels F.,
Lachapeile J. M.,
Minnikin D. E.,
Tennstedt D.,
Tamigneau P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1987.tb00888.x
Subject(s) - medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , mycobacterium infections , dermatology , pathology , tuberculosis , biology
A 38‐year‐old woman presented with small, ulcerated, red or hluish nodules on the right hand, clinically resembling mycobacterial granulomas; these appeared a few months after a bite by a rat, while the patient was collecting frogs in a pond in the Belgian Ardennes. The histopaihologic picture was compatible with a diagnosis of mycohacterial infection and rare acid‐fast bacilli could be found. Repeated bacteriologic investigations were performed and these led to the identification of a strain displaying characteristics of My‐cobacterium gordonae. The skin condition responded well to rifampicin (300 mg/day) within 6 months.