Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae in a liver transplant patient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 51-year-old woman with an orthotopic liver transplant on tacrolimus (SKF 506) and prednisone presented with an erythematous ulcerated nodule on the knee. No preceding trauma was noted. A skin biopsy specimen demonstrated beaded gram-positive, acid-fast rods and the skin culture grew Mycobacterium chelonae (formerly M chelonae subsp chelonae ). This report describes the first case in a liver transplant patient of cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae under the current method of designating atypical Mycobacterium species.
Medical subject headings
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Liver Transplantation
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
- Mycobacterium chelonae
- Opportunistic Infections
- Skin Diseases, Bacterial