title: Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman.
abstract: Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous fast-growing mycobacterium which is frequently acquired from environmental sources such as soil and water. Since it is an opportunist pathogen, it is associated with trauma, surgery or immunodeficiency. The current report describes a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum-caused disseminated lesions on the skin of an immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macente
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helbel
authors.forename: Simone Felizardo Rocha
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Dias
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Siqueira
authors.forename: Rubia Andreia Falleiros
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: Rosilene Fressatti
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification*
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