title: Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection extending distally in a hemodialysed patient.
abstract: We report a case of a cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection on the dorsum of the forearm of a patient undergoing chronic hemodialysis. The infection showed a linear and distal extension. This unusual distal dissemination was apparently secondary to a venous reflux, a circulatory repercussion of the patient's arteriovenous fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals St-Pierre and Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. kolivrasathangr@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Athanassios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolivras
authors.forename: Pierre-André
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: De Berdt
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Theunis
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hooghe
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Maubeuge
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dratwa
authors.forename: Micheline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D005542:Forearm / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*