P. Bergamasco et al., SKIN INFECTION DUE TO INTENTIONAL SELF-INOCULATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-CHELONAE, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 74(23-26), 1998, pp. 984-985
A 27-year-old immunocompetent female developed extensive Mycobacterium
chelonae infection due to intentional self-inoculation. She was seeki
ng to prolong sickness payments for reflex sympathetic dystrophy due t
o a work-related injury. The literature on M. chelonae infections is r
eviewed.