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Mycobacterium abscessus wound infection

✍ Scribed by Selim M Ozluer; Brian J De'Ambrosis

Book ID
104469046
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
169 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-8380

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✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

We report an isolated case of wound infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus following minor cutaneous surgery. The patient had routine skin cancer surgery in a private dermatology practice setting. He presented 2 weeks later with a wound infection which failed to respond to cephalexin. The patient reported that he had walked through salt water and bushes with exposed surgical wounds 1 week postoperatively. Tissue cultures later grew M. abscessus. The patient was successfully treated with oral clarithromycin 500 mg qid of 6 months duration.

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