Edwards Brett D, Somayaji Ranjani, Fisher Dina, Chia Justin C
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2021 Jul 28;9:2050313X211034913. doi: 10.1177/2050313X211034913. eCollection 2021.
was first described when isolated from an elephant that succumbed to lung abscess. However, despite this namesake, it is not associated with animals and has been described most often as a probable colonizer rather than pathogen in humans with chronic lung disease. In this report, we describe the first case of lymphocutaneous infection from , likely as a result of cutaneous inoculation with contaminated soil. This offers further evidence to its capabilities as a pathogen. We provide a review of the limited prior reports of and outline the available in vitro data on efficacy of various antimycobacterial agents.
