MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM IN ABSCESSES OF MAN.
Myco. fortuitum was isolated from subcutaneous abscesses of two patients who had been inoculated with B.C.G. and one patient who had iron injections. The organisms were resistant to a wide range of anti-tuberculous drugs. They were highly virulent for mice in which they produced symptoms of spinning disease. It is thought that the infections originated from contamination of syringes or skin.
D000038:Abscess; D000818:Animals; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D003470:Culture Media; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009161:Mycobacterium; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum; D014376:Tuberculosis; D014611:Vaccination
D001500:BCG Vaccine; D003470:Culture Media
ABSCESS; BCG VACCINATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; INJECTIONS; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS