MYCOBACTERIUM-FORTUITUM INFECTION OCCURRING AFTER A PUNCH BIOPSY PROCEDURE

Authors
BUCKLEY R COBB MW GHURANI S BROCK NF HARFORD RR
Citation
R. Buckley et al., MYCOBACTERIUM-FORTUITUM INFECTION OCCURRING AFTER A PUNCH BIOPSY PROCEDURE, Pediatric dermatology, 14(4), 1997, pp. 290-292
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07368046
Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
290 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-8046(1997)14:4<290:MIOAAP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing atypical mycobacterium fr equently reported as a postsurgical wound complication from a major su rgical procedure, We present a unique case of M, fortuitum infection o ccurring in a 4-year-old boy after a minor punch biopsy surgical proce dure, As far as we know there has been no published case of M. fortuit um occurring after a punch biopsy procedure.