Mycobacterium arupense finger osteomyelitis: Case Report

Many large series studies have reported that non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NMT) can be attributed to both pulmonary and extrapulmonary diseases. Of the extrapulmonary diseases caused by NMT, skin and soft tissue infection was the most common (Chen et al., 2011). These infections were usually associated with surgical procedures or trauma (Senda et al., 2011; Beam et al., 2014; Legout et al., 2012; Chen et al., 2011). Mycobacteria arupense is an extremely rare cause of soft tissue infection and osteomyelitis.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research