Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Rare Cause of Surgical Site Infection-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Rare Cause of Surgical Site Infection

Published:2024-08-07 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Muruzábal Cecilia¹^ORCID,Rico-Nieto Alicia²³⁴,Baquero-Artigao Fernando¹³⁴,Fernández-Sampedro Marta⁴⁵⁶,Runza Buznego Paula⁵⁶,Sánchez-Márquez José Miguel⁷,Pizones Javier⁷,Quiles María Inmaculada⁸,San Juan Isabel⁹,Grasa Carlos¹³⁴^ORCID,Calvo Cristina¹³⁴¹⁰^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Pediatric and Infectious Diseases Department

2. Infectious Diseases Department

3. La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain

4. Biomedical Research Network Centre for Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain

5. Infectious Diseases Department, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Cantabria, Spain

6. Institute of Research Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

7. Orthopedic Surgery Department, Spine Unit

8. Microbiology Department

9. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

10. Translational Research Network in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium mainly associated with skin, soft tissue and surgical site infections. We report an unusual outbreak of 6 cases of surgical site infection following spinal surgery. Patients received combined intravenous antibiotics, including amikacin, followed by an extended period of oral therapy with favorable clinical outcomes. No instrumentation replacement was performed in any case.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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