title: Mycobacterium szulgai--a case of cutaneous infection?
abstract: An infant presented with a carbuncle over the angle of her jaw which grew a scotochromogenic mycobacterium, subsequently identified as Mycobacterium szulgai. The problems of identification of this organism and its possible pathogenic role are outlined.
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*