Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous fast-growing mycobacterium which is frequently acquired from environmental sources such as soil and water. Since it is an opportunist pathogen, it is associated with trauma, surgery or immunodeficiency. The current report describes a case of Mycobacterium...

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Autores principales: Macente, Sara, Helbel, Cesar, Souza, Simone Felizardo Rocha, Siqueira, Vera Lúcia Dias, Padua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros, Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962013000100014
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author Macente, Sara
Helbel, Cesar
Souza, Simone Felizardo Rocha
Siqueira, Vera Lúcia Dias
Padua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros
Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti
author_facet Macente, Sara
Helbel, Cesar
Souza, Simone Felizardo Rocha
Siqueira, Vera Lúcia Dias
Padua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros
Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti
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description Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous fast-growing mycobacterium which is frequently acquired from environmental sources such as soil and water. Since it is an opportunist pathogen, it is associated with trauma, surgery or immunodeficiency. The current report describes a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum-caused disseminated lesions on the skin of an immunocompetent patient.
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spelling pubmed-36999402013-07-09 Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman() Macente, Sara Helbel, Cesar Souza, Simone Felizardo Rocha Siqueira, Vera Lúcia Dias Padua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti An Bras Dermatol Case Report Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous fast-growing mycobacterium which is frequently acquired from environmental sources such as soil and water. Since it is an opportunist pathogen, it is associated with trauma, surgery or immunodeficiency. The current report describes a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum-caused disseminated lesions on the skin of an immunocompetent patient. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3699940/ /pubmed/23539012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962013000100014 Text en ©2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Macente, Sara
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Padua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros
Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti
Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title_full Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title_fullStr Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title_short Disseminated folliculitis by Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
title_sort disseminated folliculitis by mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman()
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962013000100014
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