title: [Digital tenosynovitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Apropos of the 4th case caused by Mycobacterium terrae].
abstract: A 75 year old man developed chronic flexor tenosynovitis in a finger, caused by Mycobacterium terrae. He had a history of diabetes mellitus and arteritis, but not of local trauma. However, triamcinolone had been injected into the tendon sheath on 3 occasions. Chemotherapy was instituted, but after 3 months amputation became mandatory. This is the fourth case reported in which M. terrae was involved, and it supports the responsibility of this organism as a human pathogen. Attention is drawn to the hazards of corticosteroid injections into tendon sheaths.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014221:Triamcinolone
vernacular_title: Ténosynovites digitales à mycobactéries non tuberculeuses. A propos du 4e cas à Mycobacterium terrae.