ALLMedicine™ Mycobacterium Chelonae Center

May 4th, 2022 - Mycobacterium chelonae is a rare cause of chronic disseminated cutaneous infections in immunocompromised patients. Multidrug-resistant M. chelonae infections present a challenge for treatment, and prolonged antimicrobial courses lead to significan...

Apr 6th, 2022 - Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis (NEH) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis involving the eccrine glands. It is commonly associated with haematological malignancy and administration of chemotherapy. An infective aetiology for NEH is termed infectiou...

Apr 6th, 2022 - In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and autho...

Mar 17th, 2022 - The purpose of this article was to report a case of unilateral late-onset nontuberculous mycobacterial keratitis after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). This was a case report. A 27-year-old woman presented with Mycobacterium chelonae k...

Dec 29th, 2021 - Background Mycobacterium chelonae belongs to the family of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) classified in the rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), Runyon group IV that are nonpigmented. RGM typically show visible colonies on solid growth media wit...

Aug 25th, 2020 - staphylococcus aureus,escherichia coli,candida albicans,pseudomonas aeruginosa,mycobacterium chelonae,poliovirus,and the bactericidal rate is 99.99%.Antiseptic

Nov 20th, 2020 - To the Editor: A 73-year-old man presented with a 2. 5-cm, recurrent, fluctuant, multiloculated nodule on the left forearm.

Oct 5th, 2020 - To the Editor: Immunosuppressed patients are at particular risk for disseminated mycobacterial infections. A locus minoris resistentiae offers less resistance to the infectious spread of these microorganisms.

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 14th, 2017 - To the Editor: We present a case of Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus cutaneous infection in a sporotrichoid pattern, a rare presentation most often found in immunocompromised patients. A 34-year-old man with lupus nephritis who was taking oral pre.

Sep 27th, 2012 -   Today I want to talk about a recent outbreak associated with tattooing. In this outbreak, a patient became infected with Mycobacterium chelonae. The patient presented with a red papular rash in the area of grey in his tattoo. After an appropriat...