[Mastitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum in an HIV negative patient].
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.
Palmero
Domingo J
DJ
Hospital F. J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. djpalmero@intramed.net
Ambroggi
Marta G
MG
Poggi
Susana E
SE
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents