Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser

Mycobacterium mucogenicum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found ubiquitously in water sources. It has been reported to cause widespread infections with infection entry from wound or central venous catheters especially in immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is made from blood cultures which may...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Basnet, Sijan, Mir, Izza, Dhital, Rashmi, Basnet, Garima, Patel, Nitin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29850301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1258649
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Sumario:Mycobacterium mucogenicum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found ubiquitously in water sources. It has been reported to cause widespread infections with infection entry from wound or central venous catheters especially in immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is made from blood cultures which may take at least a week. Management includes removal of the source or drainage of wound infections and combination antimicrobial therapy.

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