Infect Chemother.  2012 Apr;44(2):67-70. 10.3947/ic.2012.44.2.67.

Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus Developed after Intramuscular Injection: A Case Report

• Kim M
• Sung YB
• Kim BN

• KMID: 2054438
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2012.44.2.67

Abstract

Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly-growing bacterium which spreads everywhere in the natural world. Lung infection is the most common infection that it causes, but skin and soft tissue infections can occur after injections, operations, or other trauma. We report a case of subcutaneous infection caused by M. abscessus followed by an intramuscular injection.

Keyword

Mycobacterium abscessus; Skin and soft tissue infection; Intramuscular injection; Clarithromycin

MeSH Terms

Clarithromycin
Injections, Intramuscular
Lung
Mycobacterium
Skin
Soft Tissue Infections
Clarithromycin

Figure

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  Figure 1 Magnetic resonance image of the lesion. (A) T1 weighted axial view with Gadolinium enhancement and (B) T2 weighted sagittal view. An irregular, lobulated and multiseptated enhancing lesion with surrounding soft tissue signal change in the subcutaneous layer is seen in the left buttock and adjacent gluteus muscles.

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