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- Title
Cutaneous Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection in an Immunocompetent Person.
- Authors
Lu ZHOU; Hong-Sheng WANG; Su-Ying FENG; Qiu-Ling WANG
- Abstract
Mycobacterium intracellulare-caused pulmonary infections have mostly been reported in immunocompromi-sed hosts, while cutaneous M. intracellulare infections are rare. We describe here an immunocompetent patient with cutaneous lesions due to M. intracellulare, which was diagnosed by acid-fast staining, in vitro culture, histopathology, and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and gene sequencing of heat-shock protein (hsp) 65 and 16S rDNA genes. In vitro susceptibility testing was also carried out and the patient was successfully treated with clarithromycin, rifampicin, and ethambutol.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIA; RECOMBINANT DNA; LUNG infections; GENES
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2013, Vol 93, Issue 6, p711
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-1595