Skin infection caused by Mycobacterium avium.
A patient with skin infection due to Mycobacterium avium is reported. A 9-year-old female had 10 subcutaneous nodules and two ulcers on the abdomen and legs. She had no medical history of systemic disease, skin disease or immunosuppressive therapy. Cultures of a biopsy specimen and of aspirated seropurulent fluid in nodules showed acid-fast bacteria, identified as M. avium by the DNA-DNA hybridization method. We treated her with a combination of surgery and the antibiotics, cycloserine, isoniazid and clarithromycin.
Ichiki
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Department of Dermatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Hirose
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Akiyama
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Esaki
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C
Kitajima
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Y
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy