title: Postoperative infection of laparoscopic surgery wound due to Mycobacterium chelonae.
abstract: We report a case of postoperative wound infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae. A 35-year-old woman presented with multiple erythematous nodules, plaques and discharging sinuses over the abdomen, 45 days after she had undergone laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy. The seropurulent discharge from the wound showed acid-fast bacilli on Ziehl- Neelsen stain and culture yielded Mycobacterium chelonae. The patient responded to clarithromycin and doxycycline. The source of infection was probably contaminated water or disinfectant solution used for sterilization of laparoscopic instruments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar - 563 101, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rajini
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Vimala
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin; D004318:Doxycycline