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Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infection as a complication of anabolic steroids: a rare case report

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare cause of recurrent skin abscesses in an immunocompetent person. We report the case of a 37-year-old man presenting with multiple recurrent non-healing skin abscesses. Culture of the abscess wall yielded growth of M fortuitum. In our case, we highlight the associatio...

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Autores principales: Pai, R, Parampalli, U, Hettiarachchi, G, Ahmed, I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955175