Cutaneous Mycobacterium szulgai infection.
Multiple inflammatory skin lesions and osteomyelitis of the right ankle developed in a 51-year-old man who had been receiving prednisone therapy for several months. Cultures of both the skin and bone lesions yielded Mycobacterium szulgai, a scotochromogenic mycobacterium, which is an unusual human pathogen. The patient's condition responded to treatment with isoniazid, ethambutol hydrochloride, and rifampin.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000473:pathology*