title: Mycobacterium thermoresistible recovered from a cutaneous lesion in an otherwise healthy individual.
abstract: This is the first report of coinfection by Mycobacterium thermoresistible and Mycobacterium fortuitum and only the fifth case of human infection by M. thermoresistible reported in the world literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA. GeorgePathman@aol.com
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Dewitt
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Garces
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*