作者
Natalia E Castillo, Pooja Gurram, M Rizwan Sohail, Madiha Fida, Omar Abu Saleh
发表日期
2020/1
期刊
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
卷号
7
期号
1
页码范围
ofz550
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Mycobacterium marinum is a common but underreported mycobacterial infection. We conducted a large retrospective study to determine risk factors and describe the therapeutic interventions and outcomes in patients with uncomplicated and complicated M. marinum infection.
Methods
Culture-confirmed M. marinum infection cases were identified from the Mayo Clinic Clinical Mycology Laboratory from January 1998 to December 2018. Complicated M. marinum infection was defined as the presence of tenosynovitis, septic arthritis, or osteomyelitis. Differences in complicated vs uncomplicated M. marinum infections were analyzed using statistical comparisons.
Results
Twelve cases had a complicated M. marinum infection. Patients with a complicated infection were older (64.3 ± 11.1 vs 55.8 ± 14.5; P = .03), had longer duration of …
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