Open AccessSurgical Site Infections Due to Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria in Puducherry, India
Author(s) -
Kavitha Kannaiyan,
Latha Ragunathan,
Sulochana Sakthivel,
A R Sasidar,
Muralidaran,
G K Venkatachalam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/10572.5638
Subject(s) - chocolate agar , macconkey agar , medicine , amikacin , linezolid , mycobacterium fortuitum , mycobacterium chelonae , microbiology and biotechnology , ciprofloxacin , clarithromycin , gram staining , mycobacterium , agar plate , antimicrobial , veterinary medicine , surgery , antibiotics , pathology , biology , vancomycin , staphylococcus aureus , tuberculosis , bacteria , genetics
Rapidly growing Mycobacteria are increasingly recognized, nowadays as an important pathogen that can cause wide range of clinical syndromes in humans. We herein describe unrelated cases of surgical site infection caused by Rapidly growing Mycobacteria (RGM), seen during a period of 12 months.