Ye F, Luo M, Gu P, Hu X, Yan J, Wen R, Huang J. Soft tissue infection and osteomyelitis caused by
Mycobacterium farcinogenes after heart surgery: Case report and literature review of human cases.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2024;
108:116191. [PMID:
38335880 DOI:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116191]
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Abstract
Mycobacterium farcinogenes (M. farcinogenes) is rapidly growing mycobacterium, belonging to non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM). M. farcinogenes is an exceedingly rare causative agent of human infection. Only seven cases with M. farcinogenes infections in humans were reported. This is a case of soft tissue infection and osteomyelitis caused by M. farcinogenes after heart surgery. Microbial identification was achieved by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The clinical outcome was favorable after surgical debridement and 4-month antibiotics treatment. We also provide a comprehensive literature review on this disease.
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