Mycobacterium fortuitum infection of the scalp after a skin graft

Blaine D Smith; Ioannis N Liras; Ignacio A De Cicco; Gabriel Marcelo Aisenberg

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216968

Mycobacterium fortuitum infection of the scalp after a skin graft

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Oct 19:2016:bcr2016216968. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216968.

Authors

Blaine D Smith¹, Ioannis N Liras¹, Ignacio A De Cicco¹, Gabriel Marcelo Aisenberg¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium found in the soil and water of most regions of the world, and it can cause disease in immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. We present a 52-year-old man who developed a scalp abscess under a free flap for cranium coverage after a motor vehicle accident. Culture of material drained from the abscess grew M. fortuitum.

2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology*
Mycobacterium fortuitum*
Scalp Dermatoses / drug therapy
Scalp Dermatoses / etiology*
Skin Transplantation / adverse effects*
Surgical Flaps / adverse effects
Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
Surgical Wound Infection / genetics
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / etiology*
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin