Resistant cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonei.
Induration of the lower parts of the legs with abscess and ulcer formation occurred in a 60-year-old woman. Mycobacterium chelonei, a ubiquitous, saprophytic pathogen that uncommonly causes human disease, was cultured from biopsy material. Although spontaneous healing usually occurs in a few months with such infections, our patient's disease persisted for more than two years until control was achieved with minocycline hydrochloride.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D008911:Minocycline