title: Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae in a liver transplant patient.
abstract: A 51-year-old woman with an orthotopic liver transplant on tacrolimus (SKF 506) and prednisone presented with an erythematous ulcerated nodule on the knee. No preceding trauma was noted. A skin biopsy specimen demonstrated beaded gram-positive, acid-fast rods and the skin culture grew Mycobacterium chelonae (formerly M chelonae subsp chelonae ). This report describes the first case in a liver transplant patient of cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae under the current method of designating atypical Mycobacterium species.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Nathan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kestenbaum
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Casparian
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology