Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China

Mycobacterium gordonae is often regarded as a weak pathogen that only occasionally causes overt disease. We report a case of M. gordonae infection in the facial skin, nasal mucosa, and paranasal sinus in an immunocompetent patient and review previous cases. The T-SPOT.TB test might be useful in diag...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yanqing, Jiang, Juan, Jiang, Haiqin, Chen, Jun, Wang, Xiaopo, Liu, Weida, Chen, Zhiming, Shi, Ying, Zhang, Wenyue, Wang, Hongsheng
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628445
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.162033
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author Chen, Yanqing
Jiang, Juan
Jiang, Haiqin
Chen, Jun
Wang, Xiaopo
Liu, Weida
Chen, Zhiming
Shi, Ying
Zhang, Wenyue
Wang, Hongsheng
author_facet Chen, Yanqing
Jiang, Juan
Jiang, Haiqin
Chen, Jun
Wang, Xiaopo
Liu, Weida
Chen, Zhiming
Shi, Ying
Zhang, Wenyue
Wang, Hongsheng
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description Mycobacterium gordonae is often regarded as a weak pathogen that only occasionally causes overt disease. We report a case of M. gordonae infection in the facial skin, nasal mucosa, and paranasal sinus in an immunocompetent patient and review previous cases. The T-SPOT.TB test might be useful in diagnosing such cases.
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spelling pubmed-55124932017-07-19 Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China Chen, Yanqing Jiang, Juan Jiang, Haiqin Chen, Jun Wang, Xiaopo Liu, Weida Chen, Zhiming Shi, Ying Zhang, Wenyue Wang, Hongsheng Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Mycobacterium gordonae is often regarded as a weak pathogen that only occasionally causes overt disease. We report a case of M. gordonae infection in the facial skin, nasal mucosa, and paranasal sinus in an immunocompetent patient and review previous cases. The T-SPOT.TB test might be useful in diagnosing such cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5512493/ /pubmed/28628445 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.162033 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Chen, Yanqing
Jiang, Juan
Jiang, Haiqin
Chen, Jun
Wang, Xiaopo
Liu, Weida
Chen, Zhiming
Shi, Ying
Zhang, Wenyue
Wang, Hongsheng
Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title_full Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title_fullStr Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title_short Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China
title_sort mycobacterium gordonae in patient with facial ulcers, nosebleeds, and positive t-spot.tb test, china
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628445
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.162033
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