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Mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand presenting as a nodular skin lesion

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2020
Nontuberculous mycobacteria have emerged as an important group of pathogens worldwide; however, infections of the hand are rare. Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are often opportunistic in humans, and notoriously difficult to treat due to
Rahul Bollam, Tung Phan
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Mycobacterium haemophilum and Lymphadenitis in Immunocompetent Children, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
The database of a major microbiology laboratory in Israel was searched to determine the prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children.
Yishai Haimi Cohen, Jacob Amir, Shai Ashkenazi, Tal Eidlitz-Markus, Zmira Samra, Lea Kaufmann, Avraham Zeharia   +6 more
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Mycobacterium genavense Causing Lung Abscess in an Immunocompetent Individual

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2021
Mycobacterium genavense is a rare nontuberculous mycobacterium, known to cause serious infections in HIV-infected patients and immunocompromised individuals. The diagnosis of M.
Ria Lawrence, R Narasimhan
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial axillary lymphadenitis in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021
Cervicofacial lymphadenitis is the most frequent presentation of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection in children, and axillary NTM lymphadenitis is extremely rare.
Jerome A. Lindeboom, Jacco G. Tuk
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Pathogenicity of Mycolicibacterium phlei, a non-pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium in an immunocompetent host carrying anti-interferon gamma autoantibodies: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundMycolicibacterium phlei (M. phlei) is known to be a non-pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) which rarely causes diseases in humans. A disseminated NTM infection is mostly caused by the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and is known to
Satomi Tanaka, Y. Hoshino, T. Sakagami, H. Fukano, Y. Matsui, Osamu Hiranuma   +5 more
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Recent advances in nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2019
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are members of the Mycobacterium genus other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. NTM are widely distributed in the environment and are increasingly recognized as causes of chronic lung ...
David Horne, Shawn Skerrett
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Nontuberculous mycobacterium infection in a burn ICU patient

Burns, 2010
Abstract : Infection is a leading cause of mortality in burn patients, typically due to bacterial pathogens such as staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, less commonly fungi, and possibly viruses. In non burn patients with underlying pulmonary or cutaneous diseases, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have become an increasingly recognized ...
Boyer, Joseph M., Blatz, Peter J., Akers, Kevin S., Okulicz, Jason F., Chung, Kevin K., Rentz, Evan M., Hospenthal, Duane R., Murray, Clinton K.   +7 more
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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2015
Nontuberculous mycobacteria tenosynovitis is a rare clinical condition that commonly affects the hand and wrist. It is also a condition that is difficult to diagnose through clinical and roentgenological methods.
Liang-De Jiang, Hong-Jen Chiou, Hong-Dar Wu, Hsin-Kai Wang, Yee-Chen Lai, Yi-Hong Chou   +5 more
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Intramedullary spinal cord lesions in an immunocompromised host due to Mycobacterium haemophilum

IDCases, 2020
Mycobacterium haemophilum is a slow growing acid-fast bacillus (AFB) in the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) group. M. haemophilum typically causes cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children, cutaneous diseases, septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. However,
Shelley Kon, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Kellie L. Hawkins   +2 more
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Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium phlei: Case Report and Literature Review of a Rarely Pathogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacterium

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Mycobacterium phlei is a nonpathogenic, rapidly growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium. We report a rare case of M phlei surgical site infection and sternal osteomyelitis following coronary artery bypass graft.
Mary Kathryn Vance, Christo Cimino, Christina Fiske, Sharon Onguti   +3 more
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