Occasional mycobacterial infection

The pathogen of mycobacterium fortuitum infection is mycobacterium fortuitum, which is a rapidly growing mycobacterium. Positive acid staining, negative Gram and PAS staining, guinea pig vaccination was unsuccessful, and mouse footpad vaccination was positive. The pathogenesis is uncertain. The clinical manifestations are three types of damage, namely sacral lesions, subcutaneous abscesses, and corneal ulcers. Diagnosis can be confirmed by mycobacterial culture. The treatment effect of anti-tuberculosis drugs is not certain and can heal itself. Healing scars were slightly sunken.

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