Mycobacterium marseillense Infection in Human Skin, China, 2018
Xie B, Chen Y, Wang J, Gao W, Jiang H, Sun J, Jin X, Sang X, et al. (10 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2019-10
Abstract
We describe a case of facial skin infection and sinusitis caused by Mycobacterium marseillense in an immunocompetent woman in China in 2018. The infection was cleared with clarithromycin, moxifloxacin, and amikacin. Antimicrobial drug treatments could not be predicted by genetic analyses; further genetic characterization would be required to do so.
MeSH terms
- Face
- Skin
- Humans
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium Infections
- Skin Diseases, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Phylogeny
- Middle Aged
- China
- Female