atypical mycobacterial infection

atypical mycobacterial infection

Infection with mycobacteria other than those causing tuberculosis or leprosy.
Risk factors
Immune compromise, AIDS.
 
Clinical findings
Abscesses, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis.
Examples
AMIs include those with M avium-intracellulare complex (associated with AIDS) and M marinum (seen in the Chesapeake Bay region, affecting fishermen and aquarium keepers) and M ulcerans (endemic to the banks of the upper Nile).
 
Management
Difficult due to multidrug resistance.

atypical mycobacterial infection

Infectious disease Clinical infection with mycobacteria other than those causing TB or lepra Risk factors Immune compromise, AIDS Clinical Abscesses, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis; AMIs include those with M avium complex, associated with AIDS, and M marinum, seen in the Chesapeake Bay region, affecting fishermen and aquarium keepers and.M ulcerans, endemic to the banks of the upper Nile Management Difficult due to multidrug resistance. See Atypical mycobacterium.