title: Mycobacterium smegmatis in skin biopsy specimens from patients with suppurative granulomatous inflammation.
abstract: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin biopsy specimens, including 72 suppurative granulomatous inflammation (SGI) and 47 non-SGI controls, were tested for mycobacteria by using a broad-range PCR and a suspension array identification system. Mycobacterium smegmatis was detected in 13 (18.1%) of the SGI skin biopsy specimens, which was significantly more than 2 (4.3%) in the controls (odds ratio, 5.73; 95% confidence interval, 1.21 to 27.06; P = 0.028).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haijing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shufang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Yue-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yi-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D020102:Mycobacterium smegmatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult