Flexor tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum: case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Atypical hand infections with Mycobacterium species are uncommon, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum infections are rare. We present a case of flexor tenosynovitis caused by M scrofulaceum in a 66-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes.

publication date

  • October 1, 2006

Research

keywords

  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
  • Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
  • Tenosynovitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 33749246576

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.06.010

PubMed ID

  • 17027789

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 8