Cutaneous Mycobacterium gordonae infection in an elderly diabetic returned traveller.
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DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax019
Abstract: Mycobacterium gordonae, a low pathogenicity organism, is rarely implicated in skin and soft tissue infections. We present a 77-year-old returned diabetic traveler from rural Sudan with cutaneous M. gordonae infection. Several months of ciprofloxacin, rifampin… read more here.
Keywords: gordonae infection; cutaneous mycobacterium; mycobacterium gordonae;