A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection

Cellulitis is rarely caused by the organism Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae). In this case report, we detail the clinical course of a 43-year-old female with persistent cellulitis in her right lower extremity despite intensive empiric therapy. The patient was formally diagnosed with Mycobacteriu...

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Autores principales: Gregory, Grant E, Gregory, Hannah M, Zaman, Mo, Hewitt, William D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9273199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35836454
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25816
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description Cellulitis is rarely caused by the organism Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae). In this case report, we detail the clinical course of a 43-year-old female with persistent cellulitis in her right lower extremity despite intensive empiric therapy. The patient was formally diagnosed with Mycobacterium chelonae-causative cellulitis after an extensive workup including a prolonged hospital stay involving surgical biopsy and a delayed result of an acid-fast bacilli stain. The patient was treated appropriately, including a complete resolution of symptoms, with an extended regimen of clarithromycin and doxycycline to target M. chelonae.
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spelling pubmed-92731992022-07-13 A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection Gregory, Grant E Gregory, Hannah M Zaman, Mo Hewitt, William D Cureus Dermatology Cellulitis is rarely caused by the organism Mycobacterium chelonae (M. chelonae). In this case report, we detail the clinical course of a 43-year-old female with persistent cellulitis in her right lower extremity despite intensive empiric therapy. The patient was formally diagnosed with Mycobacterium chelonae-causative cellulitis after an extensive workup including a prolonged hospital stay involving surgical biopsy and a delayed result of an acid-fast bacilli stain. The patient was treated appropriately, including a complete resolution of symptoms, with an extended regimen of clarithromycin and doxycycline to target M. chelonae. Cureus 2022-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9273199/ /pubmed/35836454 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25816 Text en Copyright © 2022, Gregory et al. https://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 author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Gregory, Grant E
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Zaman, Mo
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A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title_full A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title_fullStr A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title_short A Case of Fastidious Mycobacterium chelonae-Causative Cellulitis: Clinical Manifestations of a Rare Bacterial Infection
title_sort case of fastidious mycobacterium chelonae-causative cellulitis: clinical manifestations of a rare bacterial infection
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9273199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35836454
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25816
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