Disseminated cutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis by M. chelonae after sclerotherapy of varicose veins in a immunocompetent patient: a case report

Disseminated cutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis by M. chelonae after sclerotherapy of varicose veins in a immunocompetent patient: a case report

AbstractAtypical mycobacteria are saprophytic organisms not transmitted from person to person, which affect mainly immunosuppressed but also immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of atypical mycobacteriosis after a vascular procedure, with widespread cutaneous lesions associated with polyar...

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Main Authors: Nathalia Dias Negrão Murback, Minoru German Higa Júnior, Maurício Antônio Pompílio, Eunice Stella Jardim Cury, Gunter Hans Filho, Luiz Carlos Takita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015-06-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Subjects:
Bloodless medical and surgical procedures
Diagnosis
Diagnostic services
Elective surgical procedures
History
Microbiology
Mycobacterium infections, nontuberculous
Epidemiology
Therapeutics
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