Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser
Mycobacterium mucogenicum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found ubiquitously in water sources. It has been reported to cause widespread infections with infection entry from wound or central venous catheters especially in immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is made from blood cultures which may...
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| author | Sijan Basnet Izza Mir Rashmi Dhital Garima Basnet Nitin Patel |
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| description | Mycobacterium mucogenicum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found ubiquitously in water sources. It has been reported to cause widespread infections with infection entry from wound or central venous catheters especially in immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is made from blood cultures which may take at least a week. Management includes removal of the source or drainage of wound infections and combination antimicrobial therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b3de3f83400944f993bff2fce0bc9ebc2025-08-20T03:20:52ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/12586491258649Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug AbuserSijan Basnet0Izza Mir1Rashmi Dhital2Garima Basnet3Nitin Patel4Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA 19611, USADepartment of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA 19611, USAKIST Medical College, Lalitpur, NepalDepartment of Medicine, Reading Hospital, West Reading, PA 19611, USAMycobacterium mucogenicum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium found ubiquitously in water sources. It has been reported to cause widespread infections with infection entry from wound or central venous catheters especially in immunocompromised patients. Diagnosis is made from blood cultures which may take at least a week. Management includes removal of the source or drainage of wound infections and combination antimicrobial therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1258649 |
| spellingShingle | Sijan Basnet Izza Mir Rashmi Dhital Garima Basnet Nitin Patel Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser |
| title_full | Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser |
| title_short | Mycobacterium mucogenicum Hand Infection in an Intravenous Drug Abuser |
| title_sort | mycobacterium mucogenicum hand infection in an intravenous drug abuser |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1258649 |
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