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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Online Case Report
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
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description 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 association of anabolic steroids with non-tuberculous mycobacterial skin abscesses that fail to resolve despite repeated drainage.
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spelling pubmed-39646712014-07-17 Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infection as a complication of anabolic steroids: a rare case report Pai, R Parampalli, U Hettiarachchi, G Ahmed, I Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online 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 association of anabolic steroids with non-tuberculous mycobacterial skin abscesses that fail to resolve despite repeated drainage. Royal College of Surgeons 2013-01 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3964671/ /pubmed/23317715 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609955175 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Mycobacterium fortuitum skin infection as a complication of anabolic steroids: a rare case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964671/
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