Osteomyelitis Due to Mycobacterium goodii in an Adolescent, United States

Osteomyelitis Due to Mycobacterium goodii in an Adolescent, United States

Osteomyelitis is a rare clinical manifestation of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). We report an adolescent with femoral osteomyelitis associated with prosthetic material due to an emerging pathogen, Mycobacterium goodii. Application of secA1 and 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing rel...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Diaz, Monica I. Ardura, Huanyu Wang, Stella Antonara, Christopher P. Ouellette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Mycobacterium goodii
pediatric
osteomyelitis
bacteria
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-0206_article

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