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Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a fast-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) that can cause human infections varying from superficial infection to pulmonary or even systemic infections. The latter is more commonly appeared in immunocompromised patients. The skin infection caused by...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10443697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614680 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S416974 |
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author | Zhang, Xiaoyu Feng, Yahui Li, Dongmei Han, Jingjian Shi, Dongmei |
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description | Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a fast-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) that can cause human infections varying from superficial infection to pulmonary or even systemic infections. The latter is more commonly appeared in immunocompromised patients. The skin infection caused by M. abscessus often appears after trauma or surgical procedure. It is often manifested by subcutaneous nodules, papules, erythema, tender erythematous or violaceous plaques, cellulitis, abscesses, ulcerations, and draining sinuses. Herein, we present a non-typical cutaneous manifestation of M. abscessus infection in a 46-year-old woman who presented with alopecia on the scalp with no itching or pain. The pathogen was isolated and identified as M. abscessus by morphology and DNA sequencing. To our best knowledge, there was no report that this organism could cause skin lesions mimicking patchy alopecia. After 3 months of antibacterial treatment, the cutaneous lesion disappeared, and new growth of hair occurred in this patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-104436972023-08-23 Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female Zhang, Xiaoyu Feng, Yahui Li, Dongmei Han, Jingjian Shi, Dongmei Infect Drug Resist Case Report Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a fast-growing, non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) that can cause human infections varying from superficial infection to pulmonary or even systemic infections. The latter is more commonly appeared in immunocompromised patients. The skin infection caused by M. abscessus often appears after trauma or surgical procedure. It is often manifested by subcutaneous nodules, papules, erythema, tender erythematous or violaceous plaques, cellulitis, abscesses, ulcerations, and draining sinuses. Herein, we present a non-typical cutaneous manifestation of M. abscessus infection in a 46-year-old woman who presented with alopecia on the scalp with no itching or pain. The pathogen was isolated and identified as M. abscessus by morphology and DNA sequencing. To our best knowledge, there was no report that this organism could cause skin lesions mimicking patchy alopecia. After 3 months of antibacterial treatment, the cutaneous lesion disappeared, and new growth of hair occurred in this patient. Dove 2023-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10443697/ /pubmed/37614680 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S416974 Text en © 2023 Zhang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zhang, Xiaoyu Feng, Yahui Li, Dongmei Han, Jingjian Shi, Dongmei Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title | Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title_full | Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title_fullStr | Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title_full_unstemmed | Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title_short | Scalp Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Manifested as Patchy Alopecia in an Immunocompetent Female |
title_sort | scalp infection caused by mycobacterium abscessus manifested as patchy alopecia in an immunocompetent female |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10443697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614680 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S416974 |
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