title: Mycobacterium intracellulare as a cause of a recurrent granulomatous tenosynovitis of the hand.
abstract: We report a case of recurrent granulomatous tenosynovitis with M. intracellulare in a 55-year-old HIV negative diabetic woman. Identification of the causative agent further than belonging to the M. avium-intracellulare complex is provided by specific PCR-amplification of genomic DNA and sequencing of an hypervariable region within its 16S RNA gene. Sixteen months antibiotic regimen of rifabutin and clarithromycin led to a complete resolution of the tenosynovitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gilot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Godiscal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Content
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fauville-Dufaux
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D012008:Recurrence; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome