Skin infection caused by Mycobacterium avium

✍ Scribed by Y. ICHIKI; M. HIROSE; T. AKIYAMA; C. ESAKI; Y. KITAJIMA

• Book ID: 104458532
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 944 KB
• Volume: 136
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-0963
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.d01-1183.x

✦ Synopsis

A patient with skin infection due to Mycobacterium avium is reported. A 9-year-old female had 10 subcutaneous nodules and two ulcers on the abdomen and legs. She had no medical history of systemic disease, skin disease or immunosuppressive therapy. Cultures of a biopsy specimen and of aspirated seropurulent fluid in nodules showed acid-fast bacteria, identified as M. avium by the DNA-DNA hybridization method. We treated her with a combination of surgery and the antibiotics, cycloserine, isoniazid and clarithromycin.