IDCases, 2020 Mycobacterium chelonae can cause chronic skin, soft-tissue or bone infections.and is often associated with the immunocompromised state.We describe a case of a 58-year-old male patient with myasthenia gravis, chronically immunosuppressed, with a four ...
Joana Granado +4 more
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Mycobacterium chelonae Is an Ubiquitous Atypical Mycobacterium [PDF]
Case Reports in Dermatology, 2015 The type of cutaneous infection varies mainly according to the patient's immune status, and the disseminated form is mostly found in the context of immunosuppression.
Miguel Pinto-Gouveia +6 more
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A Report of Two Uncommon Cases of Mycobacterium chelonae with Localized and Disseminated Skin and Soft Tissue Infection [PDF]
Infectious Disease ReportsBackground: Mycobacterium chelonae is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacteria that primarily affects immunocompromised patients. The most common presentation is an atypical, chronic skin and soft tissue infection.
Libardo Rueda Prada +6 more
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Characterization of Mycobacteria from a Major Brazilian Outbreak Suggests that Revision of the Taxonomic Status of Members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-M-abscessus Group Is Needed [PDF]
, 2009 An outbreak of postsurgical infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria has been ongoing in Brazil since 2004. the degrees of similarity of the rpoB and hsp65 sequences from the clinical isolates and the corresponding sequences from both the ...
Batista Lima, Karla Valeria +8 more
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Aerosolization of Mycobacterium chelonae from heater-cooler-devices: a continuing risk of exposure during cardiac surgery [PDF]
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection ControlBackground Following identification of widespread Mycobacterium chimaera infections in 2013 associated with aerosolization from Sorin heater-cooler-devices (HCD), microbiological monitoring of HCDs has become mandatory in Switzerland.
Sabine Kuster +13 more
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Mycobacterium chelonae infection of the parotid gland
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2012 Mycobacterium chelonae can cause numerous infections, including lung disease, local cutaneous disease, osteomyelitis, joint infections and ocular disease. With the exception of lung disease, these syndromes commonly develop after direct inoculation.
Hamid S Shaaban +3 more
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Mycobacterium chelonae Cutaneous Infection: A Challenge for an Internist. [PDF]
Eur J Case Rep Intern Med, 2021 Gaudêncio M +5 more
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Sudapyridine (WX-081) antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium abscessus, and Mycobacterium chelonae in vitro and in vivo [PDF]
mSphereSudapyridine (WX-081) is a structural analog of bedaquiline (BDQ), which shows anti-tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) activities but, unlike BDQ, did not prolong QT interval in animal model studies.
Luyao Zheng +8 more
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Incarcerated Ink: A Case of Mycobacterium chelonae. [PDF]
CureusStaheli CF, Dacy NN, Brown SC, Parekh P.
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