Herrero, 1996  Title: [Cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium
chelonae. Presentation of 3 cases with multiple lesions]. (in
Spanish)
Authors: Herrero JB, Borbujo C, Roman MT, Serrano
O, de Lucas R, Borbujo J
Journal: Rev Clin Esp 1996 Sep;196(9):606-9
(erratum appears in Rev Clin Esp 1996 Nov;196(11):802 )
PMID: 8966322, UI: 97091476
Affiliated institution: Servicio
de Dermatologia, Medicina Interna, Hospital de Mostoles, Madrid.
OBJECTIVE: To review the clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic and
prognostic characteristics of cutaneous diseases caused by atypical
mycobacteria and more specifically those by Mycobacterium chelonae.
To improve our knowledge of this disease and its differential
diagnosis with other cutaneous infections associated with folliculitis.
DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING: Primary care
and Dermatology specialty in a Health Center in the Madrid metropolitan
area. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS: The clinical records of
non immunosuppressed patients, with multiple cutaneous lesions
caused by Mycobacterium chelonae and confirmed by culture were
reviewed. The evolution time, treatment regimes before diagnosis
and possible epidemiological factors were studied. MEASUREMENTS
AND MAIN OUTCOMES: Culture confirmed three non immunosuppressed
patients with multiple lesions in both legs. Lesions had been
present for longer than two months and had been treated with topical
and systemic antibiotics with no improvement. The only relevant
epidemiological finding was wax depilation. CONCLUSIONS: It is
important to know the existence of this type of infection, since
diagnostic suspicion allows for an early and efficient therapy
which will present the emergency of important scars.
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