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Hong, Song, Lee, and Oh: Cutaneous Lesion due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum
Case Report

Annals of Dermatology 1995; 7(2): 172-176.

Published online: 28 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1995.7.2.172

Cutaneous Lesion due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum

Seung Hyun Hong, Hae Joon Song, Byoung Ho Lee, Chil Hwan Oh

Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria usually cause systemic disease and often appear as a primary pulmonary infection. However, a cutaneous lesion may be the first or only sign of infection. The most frequent human diseases caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum are cutaneous or soft tissue infections, usually preceded by injection, trauma or surgery.
We report a case of a cutaneous lesion due to Mycobacterium(M.) fortuitum occuring in a 50-year-old man with a subcutaneous flat nodule on his left anterior tibia. He had received a small injury to his left shin in a swimming pool. The culture from the skin biopsy specimen on Lowenstein-Jensen medium yielded clolnies after 5 days. The microorganism was subsequently identified as M. fortuitum by selected biochemical reactions. Therapy was instituted with minocycline for 5 months.

Keywords: Cutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis, Mycobacterium fortuitum

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