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- Title
Mycobacterium Mucogenicum Bacteremia and Nodular Soft Tissue Infection in a Person Who Uses Tap Water to Inject Drugs.
- Authors
Boodman, Carl; Smith, Catherine; Kuster, Ken von; Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe; Wuerz, Terence
- Abstract
The ongoing North American epidemic of intravenous opioid and methamphetamine use increases the occurrence of bacteremia from environmental organisms. In this study, we report a case of Mycobacterium mucogenicum bacteremia and associated nodular soft tissue infection in a person who uses tap water to inject drugs.
- Subjects
SOFT tissue infections; DRINKING water; BACTEREMIA; WATER use; MYCOBACTERIUM
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa580