Surgical cure of clarithromycin resistant Mycobacterium chelonae breast implant infection: A case report and review of the literature
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100183
Abstract: Highlights • Reports from Dominican Republic of post breast augmentation NTM infection are common.• However, macrolide resistant M. Chelonae in healthy hosts is exceedingly rare.• In this case, pregnancy and multiple other factors delayed antibiotics… read more here.
Keywords: cure clarithromycin; breast; surgical cure; chelonae ... See more keywords
Postoperative Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Mimicking A Granulomatous Suture Reaction.
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DOI: 10.1097/dss.0000000000002902
Abstract: M ycobacterium chelonae, a nontuberculosis (atypical) Mycobacterium, is a rare cause of postoperative cutaneous infections in immunocompetent patients. In the postoperative setting, cutaneous atypical mycobacterial infections can present similarly to suture reactions and malignancy recurrence.… read more here.
Keywords: chelonae; mycobacterial infections; cutaneous atypical; suture reaction ... See more keywords
Mycobacterium stephanolepidis sp. nov., a rapidly growing species related to Mycobacterium chelonae, isolated from marine teleost fish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer.
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DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002028
Abstract: A previously undescribed rapidly growing, non-pigmented mycobacterium was identified based on biochemical and nucleic acid analyses, as well as growth characteristics. Seven isolates were cultured from samples collected from five thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) and… read more here.
Keywords: mycobacterium; chelonae; stephanolepis cirrhifer; rapidly growing ... See more keywords
Investigating hospital Mycobacterium chelonae infection using whole genome sequencing and hybrid assembly
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236533
Abstract: Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium that is a common cause of nosocomial infections. Here we describe investigation of a possible nosocomial transmission of M. chelonae at the Hospital of the University of… read more here.
Keywords: mycobacterium; chelonae; infection; hospital ... See more keywords
Mycobacterium chelonae osteomyelitis presenting as a mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_166_17
Abstract: We report a case of an 88-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the right ankle, with histopathology demonstrating a Mycobacterium spindle cell pseudotumor. The Mycobacterium contained in this spindle cell pseudotumor was Mycobacterium chelonae. M. chelonae… read more here.
Keywords: spindle cell; mycobacterium; cell pseudotumor; chelonae ... See more keywords