Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium Chelonae Infection in a 9.5-Year-Old Girl with Diabetes
Journal Title: Journal of Case Reports and Studies - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Mycobacterium chelonae is a fast growing mycobacteria that mainly causes localized cutaneous infections. Disseminated cutaneous infections are quite exclusively seen in immunosuppressed individuals. We present a case of disseminated cutaneous infection in a young diabetic patient. This case underscores the need to consider atypical mycobacterial infections in any patient with culture-negative cutaneous infections resistant to conventional antibiotic treatment.
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Crisinel PA
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- DOI 10.15744/2348-9820.3.601
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