Dermatologic manifestations of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases
Dalovisio, J.R.; Pankey, G.A.
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 8(3): 677-688
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0891-5520 PMID: 7814840 Document Number: 428018
Various nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause infection of skin and soft tissues. These organisms are also known as atypical mycobacteria, anonymous mycobacteria, and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis. These organisms are much more common causes of cutaneous infection than Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are frequently misdiagnosed because clinicians fail to include them in the differential diagnosis of chronic skin infection.