Infection with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare with abscess, ulceration and fistula formation.
Infections caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex are generally manifested as pulmonary disease, osteomyelitis or lymphadenitis, and cutaneous infection is rare. We describe a case of M. intracellulare infection of the skin in a 79-year-old man without apparent immunologically disabling disease or therapy. He had cutaneous infection of the right hand over 10 years, developing a fistula and, finally, an ulcer and abscess, 2 months before his death from heart failure. Mycobacterium intracellulare was identified by both microbiological characteristics and DNA-DNA hybridization.
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Department of Dermatology, Onomichi General Hospital, Japan.
Hondo
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Yonehara
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Motohiro
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Okano
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D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology