Medical management of atraumatic Mycobacterium abscessus cutaneous infection: A case report

Treatment for cutaneous infection from Mycobacterium abscessus is fraught with poorly established evidence. Given its antibiotic multi-resistance, surgical intervention is often recommended. We report a case of cutaneous M. abscessus infection that was successfully managed with medical therapy alone...

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Main Authors: Chong Wei Tiong, Thomas Nack, Alex Y.C. Tai, N. Deborah Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579419300579