title: Recurrent granulomatous tenosynovitis of the wrist and finger caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare: a case report.
abstract: We report a 65-year-old man with tenosynovitis of the wrist and finger caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare. The diagnosis was made after subsequent recurrence, when a specimen of synovial fluid was subjected to specific polymerase chain reaction and mycobacterial culture. Synovectomy and susceptibility-guided antituberculous therapy permitted complete healing of tenosynovitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Nagano Hospital, Ueda, Nagano, Japan. akahane@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akahane
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakatsuchi
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tateiwa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005385:Fingers / Q000382:microbiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014953:Wrist / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents