title: [Cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium chelonae. Presentation of 3 cases with multiple lesions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic characteristics of cutaneous diseases caused by atypical mycobacteria and more specifically those by Mycobacterium chelonae. To improve our knowledge of this disease and its differential diagnosis with other cutaneous infections associated with folliculitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care and Dermatology specialty in a Health Center in the Madrid metropolitan area.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical records of non immunosuppressed patients, with multiple cutaneous lesions caused by Mycobacterium chelonae and confirmed by culture were reviewed. The evolution time, treatment regimes before diagnosis and possible epidemiological factors were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Culture confirmed three non immunosuppressed patients with multiple lesions in both legs. Lesions had been present for longer than two months and had been treated with topical and systemic antibiotics with no improvement. The only relevant epidemiological finding was wax depilation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to know the existence of this type of infection, since diagnostic suspicion allows for an early and efficient therapy which will present the emergency of important scars.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Medicina Interna, Hospital de Móstoles, Madrid.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borbujo
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Lucas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borbujo
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hereto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006204:Hair Removal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014885:Waxes
chemical_list: D014885:Waxes
vernacular_title: Infección cutánea por Mycobacterium chelonae. Presentación de tres casos con lesiones múltiples.