Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). We present a case of a 30 year old female who developed a right breast subareolar abscess due to M. fortuitum four months after a nipple piercing. She failed to respond to an initial three-week course of monotherapy wit...
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| description | Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). We present a case of a 30 year old female who developed a right breast subareolar abscess due to M. fortuitum four months after a nipple piercing. She failed to respond to an initial three-week course of monotherapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole despite aspiration of abscess and removal of offending nipple piercing. Our patient was successfully treated with dual antimicrobial therapy. This report also includes a brief literature review of prior reported cases caused by this organism. It is important to keep M. fortuitum and other RGM species on the differential if there is failure of resolution of abscess and infection with routine antimicrobial therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2855489cfe44f5684553970aef236342022-12-21T22:55:05ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0121e00847Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercingNikhut Siddique0Moni Roy1Sharjeel Ahmad2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine- Peoria, United States; Corresponding author.Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine- Peoria, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL, United StatesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine- Peoria, Peoria, United StatesMycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). We present a case of a 30 year old female who developed a right breast subareolar abscess due to M. fortuitum four months after a nipple piercing. She failed to respond to an initial three-week course of monotherapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole despite aspiration of abscess and removal of offending nipple piercing. Our patient was successfully treated with dual antimicrobial therapy. This report also includes a brief literature review of prior reported cases caused by this organism. It is important to keep M. fortuitum and other RGM species on the differential if there is failure of resolution of abscess and infection with routine antimicrobial therapy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920301554Mycobacterium fortuitumBreast abscessPiercingInfection |
| spellingShingle | Nikhut Siddique Moni Roy Sharjeel Ahmad Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing IDCases Mycobacterium fortuitum Breast abscess Piercing Infection |
| title | Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| title_full | Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| title_fullStr | Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| title_short | Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| title_sort | mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing |
| topic | Mycobacterium fortuitum Breast abscess Piercing Infection |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920301554 |
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