title: Sporotrichoid spread of cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonei infection.
abstract: Atypical mycobacterial infections of the skin have increased in frequency in immunocompromised individuals in recent years. Such patients may follow a different clinical pattern from immunocompetent patients, often lacking a history of preceding trauma and presenting with multiple suppurating subcutaneous nodules. A sporotrichoid pattern of spread may occur with the species Mycobacterium kansasii and M. marinum but is rare with M. chelonei.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Murdoch
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Leigh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*