Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection extending distally in a hemodialysed patient.
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.
Kolivras
Athanassios
A
Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals St-Pierre and Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium. kolivrasathangr@hotmail.com
De Berdt
Pierre-André
PA
Theunis
Anne
A
Hooghe
Luc
L
De Maubeuge
Josiane
J
Dratwa
Max
M
Song
Micheline
M
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*