title: Cutaneous infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria: case reports and review of clinical and laboratory aspects.
abstract: Skin and soft tissue infections caused by rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RG-NTM) have become a growing clinical concern over the past decades. These RG-NTM are ubiquitous environmental organisms and most are resistant to traditional antituberculous agents. In this report, we describe 3 cutaneous infections caused by RG-NTM, namely, Mycobacterium abscessus, M. chelonae, and M. conceptionense, and present the clinical and laboratory characteristics of these infections.
authors: Department of Dermatology, National Center of Leprosy Control, China CDC; Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing, 210042 Nanjing, China.
authors: Xiaodong
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Weijun
authors: W
authors: Liu
authors: Weida
authors: W
authors: Liu
authors: Haiqin
authors: H
authors: Jiang
authors: Wenkai
authors: W
authors: Zong
authors: Guoyi
authors: G
authors: Zhang
authors: Peiying
authors: P
authors: Jin
authors: Hongsheng
authors: H
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents