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Answer to Case 9






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Cutaneous skin infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus

The isolate was sensitive to clarithromycin, and has responded slowly to long term clarithromycin treatment. Follow-up images after two months and seven months are shown below.


Lesion after two months (click for larger image)


Lesion after seven months (click for larger image)

Submitted by COL Robert Kazragis, Infectious Disease Service, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. (Pre-treatment and 2 month photos courtesy of Dr. Thomas Hirota, Chief, Dermatology Service, Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC.)





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