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Rosacea‐Like Lesions due to Familial Mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare Infection
Author(s) -
Nedorost Susan T.,
Elewski Boni,
Tomford John Walton,
Camisa Charles
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-4362.1991.tb04869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , mycobacterium , disease , immune system , mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection , immunology , dermatology , rosacea , tuberculosis , immunodeficiency , pathology , physics , optics , acne
Mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare (MAI) is a non‐tuberculous, nonlepromatous or “atypical” mycobacterium now seen frequently in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the past decade, the incidence appears to have increased in non‐AIDS patients. Although cutaneous involvement is rare, two brothers without detectable immune defects who both presented with cutaneous MAI infection are described; the older brother also has disseminated disease. The cutaneous presentation of MAI, as well as immune and genetic defects that may predispose to mycobacterial infection, are discussed.