title: Skin infection caused by Mycobacterium avium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichiki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Esaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitajima
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy