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Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection Occurring After a Punch Biopsy Procedure
Author(s) -
Ronald Buckley LCDR,
Cobb Mark W.,
Ghurani Sawsan,
Brock Nadine F.,
Harford LCDR Robert R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00960.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , medicine , biopsy , surgery , complication , mycobacterium infections , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing atypical mycobacterium frequently reported as a postsurgical wound complication from a major surgical procedure. We present a unique case of M. fortuitum infection occurring in a 4‐year‐old boy after a minor punch biopsy surgical procedure. As far as we know there has been no published case of M. fortuitum occurring after a punch biopsy procedure.