ALLMedicine™ Mycobacterium Fortuitum Center

Jan 8th, 2023 - Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) is uncommon or only performed in large reference laboratories. Here we developed a cumulative antibiogram for 14 RGM using the largest sample size to date (N = 3860). All ...

Aug 18th, 2022 - Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are a heterogeneous group of environmental bacteria and other than the well-known Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae. They could cause localized or disseminated infections. Mycobacterium chelon...

Feb 28th, 2022 - Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic human pathogens found in the environment. The transmission seems to be associated with inhalation of aerosol droplets, ingestion or trauma events. Recent studies indicate that NTM disease is incr...

Jan 30th, 2022 - The 2020 clinical practice guideline for the treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) by the American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, a...

Oct 22nd, 2021 - During December 2018-February 2019, a multistate investigation identified 101 patients with vaccination-associated adverse events among an estimated 940 persons in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio who had received influenza; hepatitis A; pneumococcal; ...

Jul 9th, 2019 - Case Report A 32-year-old woman presented to the dermatology clinic with a tender lump overlying the right maxilla of 6 weeks’ duration. The lesion developed acutely 1 to 2 months after the patient began using an at-home microdermabrasion device,.

Sep 11th, 2018 - ATLANTA – Ongoing vigilance regarding the role of medical devices in health care–associated infections (HAIs) and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogen is needed, according to Isaac Benowitz, MD, of the Centers for Disease Control and P.

Sep 11th, 2018 - ATLANTA – Ongoing vigilance regarding the role of medical devices in health care–associated infections (HAIs) and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogen is needed, according to Isaac Benowitz, MD, of the Centers for Disease Control and P.

Nov 13th, 2015 - Mycobacterium chelonae, along with Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium abscessus, belongs to a rapidly growing group of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are classified as environmental saprophytes found in soil, water, and dust. Unde.

Mar 6th, 2014 - Rapidly growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium (RG-NTM) wound infections have been reported in medical tourists who have undergone cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic, according to data published in the March 7 issue of the Morbidity and Mort...