Flexor tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum: case report.
Atypical hand infections with Mycobacterium species are uncommon, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infections are rare. We present a case of flexor tenosynovitis caused by M scrofulaceum in a 66-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes.
Carter
Timothy I
TI
The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Frelinghuysen
Peter
P
Daluiski
Aaron
A
Brause
Barry D
BD
Wolfe
Scott W
SW
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003646:Debridement; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015359:Mycobacterium scrofulaceum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline