Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Mycobacterium chelonae: More Common Than Expected?

Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium, which causes infections of the human skin and soft tissue. Despite an increasing incidence of such infections, patients are often misdiagnosed. We report here 5 patients with cutaneous and/or soft tissue infection due to M. c...

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Main Authors: Ugur Uslu, Olga Böhm, Franz Heppt, Michael Sticherling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica 2019-06-01
Series:Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Subjects:
NTM
RGM
Online Access: https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content/html/10.2340/00015555-3230