- 중족부에 발생한 Mycobacterium abscessus 골수염
- ㆍ 저자명
- 천경아,곽이경,서진수,Chun. Kyung-Ah,Kwak. Yee-Gyung,Suh. Jin-Soo
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 대한족부족관절학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2011년|15권 1호|pp.39-43 (5 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한족부족관절학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Non-tuberculous mycobacterium has a wide-spread occurrence in nature, and skin, soft tissue, bone, lung and disseminated infection can be involved. Non-tuberculous mycobacterium infection occurs both in immunocompetent patients without underlying diseases and in immunocompromised hosts. Non-tuberculous mycobactrial osteomyelitis is a rare cause of granulomatous osteomyelitis, and has been previously reported in the sternum, spine, humerus, femur, tibia or metatarsal. Mycobacterium abscessus osteomyelitis is a very rare infection in the foot and only 1 case has been reported. Authors report a case of Mycobacterium abscessus osteomyelitis involving the tarsal and metatarsal bones in a non-immunocompromized middle aged women.