Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely to cause pulmonary infection. Primarily in patients with underlying lung disease. 15% mortality • Mycobacterium fortuitum - Direct inoculation. Primary skin and soft tissue infections, surgical wound infections, and catheter-related sepsis. Rarely, other site of infection • Mycobacterium chelonae - Infection in immunosuppressed patients presents as disseminated disease. It can also cause surgical wound infections keratitis. Reported cases associated with contaminated tattoo ink and nail salon whirlpool footbaths • Others: M. smegmatis group, M. mucogenicum group, M. mageritense/M. wolinsky By @TheIDtrivia #Rapidly #Growing #Mycobacterial #Infections #Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential #infectiousdiseases #NTM
