title: [Mastitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum in an HIV negative patient].
abstract: A case of a 39 year old HIV negative female patient with a Mycobacterium fortuitum mastitis without previous pathogenic history is reported. She was treated on the bases of drug-susceptibility testing and bibliographic empirical evidence with kanamycin, doxicicline, ciprofloxacin and trimetoprim-sulfametoxazol. A complete remission of her lesions was obtained after 15 months of treatment. Lesions due to this rapidly growing mycobacterium, diagnosis and treatment are commented.
authors.affiliation: Hospital F. J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. djpalmero@intramed.net
authors.forename: Domingo J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Palmero
authors.forename: Marta G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ambroggi
authors.forename: Susana E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Poggi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents