Surgical wound infection following open humeral fracture caused by Mycobacterium houstonense: a case report

Surgical wound infection following open humeral fracture caused by Mycobacterium houstonense: a case report

Abstract Background Historically Mycobacterium houstonense belongs to the unnamed third biovariant complex of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group, which are sorbitol positive. To date, there have been few reports of human infection induced by M. houstonense worldwide. Case presentation We describe the...

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Main Authors: Lei Tian, Zhen Zhang, Zhongju Chen, Ziyong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacteria houstonense
Mycobacterium fortuitum group
TREK diagnostic systems
Microbroth dilution method
Escherichia coli
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3979-2

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