Mycobacterium fortuitum in abscesses of man

Adjunctive Surgical Management of Cutaneous Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection

“…Cutaneous infections due to Mycobacterium for‐tuitum‐chelonei complex have been reported to involve the leg, foot, hand, arm, face, thorax, breast, and abdomen 2 . These infections usually occur secondary to penetrating trauma or injections with potential for soil or water contamination 2, 10, 12 . Animal‐inflicted injuries such as dog bites and cow kicks have also been reported to cause these infections.…”

Outbreak of Injection Abscesses Due to Mycobacterium abscessus

“…mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tu¬ berculosis causing abscesses following injec¬ tions of drugs and vaccines (Cruz,1 Limbos et al,2 Vandepitte et al, 3 Owen et al, 4 Beck,5 Cantwell et al, 6 Clapper and Whitcomb,7 Canilang and Armstrong).8 In all these cases except those reported by Can¬ twell et al,6 who did not identify their or¬ ganism, the causative bacterium was de¬ scribed as being Mycobacterium fortuitum. There was, however, considerable variation in the criteria used for this diagnosis.…”

Tuberculoid lymphadenitis due toMycobacterium chelonei

“…These two species have only recently been differentiated satisfactorily by means of immunodiffusion analysis and lipid chromatography (Marks and Szulga, 1965;Beck, 1968 andJenkins, Marks, and Schaefer, 1971) and their relative importance as pathogens is confused by the earlier accounts of infections in which all isolates are termed M. fortuitum. Both species are capable of causing abscesses after the injection of contaminated drugs or vaccines (Cruz, 1938;Limbos, Bretey, Jadin, and Brutsaent, 1961;Vandepitte, Desmyter, Brochier, and Gatti 1962;Owen, Smith, and Coultras, 1963;Beck, 1965;Clapper and Whitcombe, 1967;Canilang and Armstrong, 1968;and Vandepitte, Desmyter, and Gatti, 1969). Inman, Beck, Brown, and Stanford (1969) described 12 patients in Britain who developed injection abscessescaused by M. cheloneiafter receiving histamine from multidose vials.…”