Ozluer S M, De'Ambrosis B J
South-East Dermatology, Belmont Specialist Centre, 1202 Creek Road, Carindale, QLD 4152, Australia.
Australas J Dermatol. 2001 Feb;42(1):26-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00468.x.
We report an isolated case of wound infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus following minor cutaneous surgery. The patient had routine skin cancer surgery in a private dermatology practice setting. He presented 2 weeks later with a wound infection which failed to respond to cephalexin. The patient reported that he had walked through salt water and bushes with exposed surgical wounds 1 week postoperatively. Tissue cultures later grew M. abscessus. The patient was successfully treated with oral clarithromycin 500 mg qid of 6 months duration.
