Fracture-associated infection with Mycobacterium smegmatis in a 16-year old patient.
Fractures
Mycobacterium infections
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Open
Soft tissue infections
Journal
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
ISSN: 1879-0070
Titre abrégé: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8305899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Historique:
received:
28
03
2024
revised:
25
05
2024
accepted:
27
05
2024
medline:
9
6
2024
pubmed:
9
6
2024
entrez:
8
6
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
We present a patient who suffered an agricultural rollover trauma and developed a fracture-associated tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium smegmatis. Since cases are rare, treatment of infections with M. smegmatis requires an interprofessional approach and the combination of surgery and adjunctive antimicrobial treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38850688
pii: S0732-8893(24)00208-6
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116379
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
116379Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.