Love G L, Melchior E
J Hand Surg Am. 1985 Sep;10(5):730-2. doi: 10.1016/s0363-5023(85)80221-5.
A 72-year-old man was admitted with tenosynovitis of the left forearm and hand. Histopathologic examination of the excised tissue showed noncaseating granulomas. Mycobacterial culture produced Mycobacterium terrae complex. M. terrae infection of any site is rare. Analysis of four documented cases and our present case indicates that this organism causes infection in the forearm and hand after probable direct inoculation. It has not disseminated systemically from the site of local infection and may infect otherwise healthy hosts.
一名72岁男性因左前臂和手部腱鞘炎入院。切除组织的组织病理学检查显示为非干酪样肉芽肿。分枝杆菌培养分离出地分枝杆菌复合群。地分枝杆菌感染任何部位均较为罕见。对4例已报道病例及我们目前的病例分析表明,该菌可能通过直接接种后导致前臂和手部感染。它未从局部感染部位发生全身播散,且可能感染原本健康的宿主。