title: Mycobacterium chelonae causing chronic wound infection and abdominal incisional hernia.
abstract: Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is found all over the environment, including sewage and tap water. They are important species associated with chronic non-healing wounds. We report a case in a 41 year old female patient who underwent multiple surgeries for an ovarian cyst, tubo-ovarian abscesses with peritonitis and a repair of an abdominal incisional hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, CSI Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verghese
authors.forename: Parag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011113:Polymyxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011113:Polymyxins