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Port-site Infections by Nontuberculous Mycobacterium: A Retrospective Clinico-Microbiological Study

The International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2017
Background: Port-site infection (PSI) is a prevailing, chronic, nagging, treatment refractory complication of laparoscopic surgery (LS). It neutralizes the advantages of minimally invasive surgery and increases morbidity, treatment cost of patient, leading to loss of confidence on operating surgeon.
Roumi Ghosh, Soumen Das, Asmita De, Harish Kela, Makhan Lal Saha, Prasanta Kumar Maiti   +5 more
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Recurrent Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria are an uncommon pathogen for musculoskeletal infection and are difficult to treat because of delays in diagnosis, prolonged treatment requiring both antimycobacterial therapy and surgical debridement, and high ...
Kwan, Melissa, Tupler, Richard
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Reemergence of Mycobacterium chimaera in Heater–Cooler Units despite Intensified Cleaning and Disinfection Protocol

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections after open-heart surgery have been reported internationally. These devastating infections result from aerosols generated by contaminated heater–cooler units used with extracorporeal circulation during surgery ...
Peter W. Schreiber, Stefan P. Kuster, Barbara Hasse, Cornelia Bayard, Christian Rüegg, Philipp Kohler, Peter M. Keller, Guido V. Bloemberg, Francesco Maisano, Dominique Bettex, Maximilian Halbe, Rami Sommerstein, Hugo Sax   +12 more
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Magnitude and Geographical Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria among People Presumed to Have Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Kenya [PDF]

, 2022
Background: Globally, awareness of nontuberculous mycobacteria as causative agents of pulmonary disease is on the rise. In Kenya however, there is very limited information on the burden of nontuberculous mycobacteria, as diagnosis of pulmonary infections
Muendo, Fidel, Aberi, Ruth, Mwangi, Moses, Githui, Willie, Kebira, Anthony, Juma, Ernest   +5 more
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Shedding light on Mycobacterium chelonae and its cutaneous intrusion: A case report

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Background: Mycobacterium chelonae, a rapidly proliferating nontuberculous mycobacterium, is renowned for instigating diverse infections, notably those affecting the integumentary system. Despite its pervasive presence in the environment, its propensity
Shankar Lal, Afreen Siddiqui, Lamis Ibrahim, Dima Youssef   +3 more
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Mycobacterium agri Skin Infection in a Previously Healthy Patient: A Case Study

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021
Chengan Xu,1,2 Wenhao Wu,2 Hongyi Pan,3 Tianchen Hui,2 Qingqing Wu,2 Zhewen Zhou,2 Shouhao Wang,2 Wei Zheng,2 Qiaoqiao Yi,2 Hongying Pan2 1The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People’s ...
Xu C, Wu W, Pan H, Hui T, Wu Q, Zhou Z, Wang S, Zheng W, Yi Q, Pan H   +9 more
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A Systematic Review of Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infection Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

JBJS Open Access, 2023
Background: Although infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is rare, these cases have potentially catastrophic ramifications. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous, located in the water supply and soil. Our objective was to review the literature to characterize NTM infection following ACL
John J. Heifner, Mitchell L. Hunter, Arturo Corces, Jan Pieter Hommen   +3 more
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Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

, 2012
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a large, diverse group of ubiquitous environmental organisms found in tap water, soil, dust, plants, animals, and food. NTM infection can cause various diseases, such as pulmonary disease (PD), which are most frequently observed in immunocompromised individuals.
Maiko Watanabe, Shogo Banno
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Pacemaker site infection caused by Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (RGM)

Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2018
There has been an increased use of cardiac pacemaker device utilization in cardiac patients with a corresponding increase of device-related infections in these patients.
Jhansi Vani Devana, Narasimhan Calambur, B Ravinder Reddy   +2 more
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Extraintestinal Manifestation of Crohn's Disease in the Middle Ear—A Case Report

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
A unique clinical case with extraintestinal manifestation of Crohn's disease in the middle ear, causing severe inflammation and troublesome symptoms. The combination of systemic therapy and surgery curbed the middle ear manifestation upon diagnosis.
Julia Arebro
wiley   +1 more source