Chronic cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium gordonae.
We report on a patient with a chronic nodular cutaneous infection histologically presenting with tuberculoid granulomas and growing Mycobacterium gordonae in culture from a biopsy. The lesions were treated surgically. M. gordonae is a potentially pathogenic environmental mycobacterium only rarely causing skin infections.
Zala
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Dermatological Clinic, University of Berne, Switzerland.
Hunziker
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Braathen
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000473:pathology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology