title: Primary cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection following squamous cell carcinoma excision.
abstract: Primary cutaneousMycobacterium aviumcomplex (MAC) infection is rare, particularly among immunocompetent patients. We present the case of a purportedly healthy patient with primary cutaneous MAC infection arising within the excision margins of multiple infiltrating squamous cell carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Snellville, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Snellville, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: W Stephen
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatopathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000072662:Margins of Excision; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery