title: Mycobacterium avium complex infection.
abstract: We report the case of a 30-year-old woman with a three-year history of papules, nodules, and multiple ulcers of the left lower extremity. A skin biopsy specimen showed dermal fibrosis and patchy granulomatous inflammation in the upper-to-mid dermis that was associated with a perivascular, lymphohistiocytic infiltrate along with granulomas and necrosis in the subcutaneous fat. Tissue culture showed Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Clinical manifestations of cutaneous nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are discussed as well as their potential association with pedicures.
authors.affiliation: New York University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vedvyas
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shvartsbeyn
authors.forename: Nooshin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brinster
authors.forename: Alisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Femia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology