Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand presenting as a nodular skin lesion

Nontuberculous mycobacteria have emerged as an important group of pathogens worldwide; however, infections of the hand are rare. Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are often opportunistic in humans, and notoriously difficult to treat due to intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. Her...

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Autores principales: Bollam, Rahul, Phan, Tung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32478177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100166
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description Nontuberculous mycobacteria have emerged as an important group of pathogens worldwide; however, infections of the hand are rare. Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are often opportunistic in humans, and notoriously difficult to treat due to intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. Here we reported a case of Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand in a patient who presented with a nodular skin lesion.
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spelling pubmed-72484142020-05-29 Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand presenting as a nodular skin lesion Bollam, Rahul Phan, Tung J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis Article Nontuberculous mycobacteria have emerged as an important group of pathogens worldwide; however, infections of the hand are rare. Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are often opportunistic in humans, and notoriously difficult to treat due to intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. Here we reported a case of Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand in a patient who presented with a nodular skin lesion. Elsevier 2020-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7248414/ /pubmed/32478177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100166 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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