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MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM ENDOPHTHALMITIS

Retina, 1996
The authors report the first known case of mycobacterium fortuitum endophthalmitis.The authors use the documentation of clinical course.A postoperative cataract patient received a diagnosis of mycobacterium fortuitum endophthalmitis 1 month after uncomplicated cataract surgery. The endophthalmitis responded to intraocular amikacin.When mycobacteria are
S, Mutyala, J P, Dieckert, C J, Papasian
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Mycobacterium fortuitum Keratitis

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1988
Two of four cases of Mycobacterium fortuitum keratitis occurred after corneal surgery with contact lens wear, one was associated with extended contact lens wear alone, and one occurred after a foreign body injury. All cases were characterized by pain, conjunctival hyperemia, stromal inflammation, and ulceration.
P U, Dugel   +8 more
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Mycobacterium fortuitum Mastoiditis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1976
Improved techniques of bacteriologic identification have led to increasing recognition of the clinical significance of the atypical or anomymous mycobacteria. Mycobacterium fortuitum, included in group IV of Runyon's classification because of its characteristic rapid growth, is widespread in nature as a saprophyte.
W K, Austin, M W, Lockey
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Death Due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum

JAMA, 1961
M YCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM Cruz, 1 a rapidly growing acid-fast bacillus, has been studied extensively by Gordon and Smith, 2 Kushner, McMillen and Senderi, 3 and Gordon and Mihm. 4 It has been placed in Group 4 of Runyon's arbitrary separation of the "atypical" mycobacteria from human sources.
R F, CORPE, C E, SMITH, I, STERGUS
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Arthritis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1998
Mycobacterium fortuitum is classified as a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) according to the Runyon classification. RGM are increasingly being recognized as human pathogens. Joint infection due to M. fortuitum is a rare, but serious disease. This report describes a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and septic arthritis of the ...
A A, Butt, A, Janney
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Mycobacterium Fortuitum Corneal Ulcer

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1966
The atypical mycobacteria have been reported with increasing frequency as a cause of human disease, but they have not received attention in the literature as a cause of ocular pathology. Their detection and evaluation pose a difficult problem. Differentiation of the various species from each other and from tuberculosis cannot be accomplished on ...
D S, Levenson, C H, Harrison
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Urinary Mycobacterium fortuitum infection

Infection, 1990
Mycobacterium fortuitum, a common saprophyte usually found in water and soil, can also be isolated from sputum and gastric secretions of healthy carriers. Under certain conditions, significant clinical infections due to M. fortuitum do occur. Urinary tract infections are rarely caused by atypical mycobacteria.
B, Oren, R, Raz, H, Hass
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