[A case of cutaneous Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum infection suggesting sarcoidosis association].
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
; 84(3): 300-4, 2010 May.
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| ID: mdl-20560422
ABSTRACT
A 67-year-old man clinically diagnosed a year earlier with sarcoidosis based on low-grade fever, lymphadenopathy, trunk skin rash, and histopathological skin tests was admitted for newly developing subcutaneous nodules on the trunk and arms and fever of 38 degrees C. Although initially suspected of recurrent sarcoidosis, he was diagnosed with Mycobacterium chromogenicum infection isolated from skin lesion culture. Combined clarithromycin of 800 mg/day, ethambutol of 750 mg/day, and embiomycin of 0.5 g/day was started, after which fever declined and WBC count and CRP decreased to normal in a week. One month later, skin lesions had disappeared. This case is interesting considering the association of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection with sarcoidosis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sarcoidose
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Dermatopatias Infecciosas
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Infecções por Mycobacterium
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
Kansenshogaku Zasshi
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article