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Mycobacterium gordonae Skin Infection in an Immunocompetent Child
1From the *Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, †Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Paediatrics, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, and ‡Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Group, The Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|April 14, 2017
Abstract:
Mycobacterium gordonae is a slow growing, pigmented, nontuberculous mycobacterium. It is commonly associated with environmental contamination of clinical specimens, but it is also a recognized pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. We describe an immunocompetent child with a spontaneously occurring skin ulcer on the face caused by M. gordonae infection.