KMID : 0984720080400060337
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Infection and Chemotherapy 2008 Volume.40 No. 6 p.337 ~ p.340
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A Case of Diabetic Foot Infection due to Mycobacterium mageritense
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Kim Chung-Jong
Park Wan-Beom Kim Hong-Bin Kim Nam-Joong Oh Myoung-Don Choe Kang-Won Park Kyoung-Un Kim Kyae-Hyung Park Moon-Seok Jeon Jae-Hyun Kim Nak-Hyun Kim Moon-Suk Park Sang-Won
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Abstract
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Diabetic foot infection is one of the important complications in patients with advanced diabetes mellitus. Limb threatening infections such as osteomyelitis, abscess, and necrotizing fasciitis are frequently accompanied by the disease. Non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is a rare causative organism of diabetic foot infection. Thus, if one is not suspicious or meticulous, infection due to NTM will be easily overlooked and this will result in delayed diagnose and treat. Therefore, it is necessary to consider NTM as the causative organism if the wound does not respond to the conventional antibiotic treatment and the culture from the adequately obtained specimen reveals atypical acid-fast bacilli. We present a case of diabetic foot infection with osteomyelitis and abscess due to Mycobacterium mageritense, one of the rapid growing mycobacteria, that was successfully treated with surgical debridement and appropriate antibiotic treatment.
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KEYWORD
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Mycobacterium mageritense, Diabetic foot, Osteomyelitis
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