Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Anna Helena Roukens1, Elodie J Mendels2, Nicolette L Verbeet3
1Departments of Infectious Diseases.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|March 4, 2015
Abstract:
We report a case of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient who was treated with chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. We discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual infection in neutropenic patients.


