Mycobacterium mageritense causing surgical site infection: Case report from Odisha, India

A 66-year female presented to the outpatient department (Medicine) of a tertiary care hospital with history of a recurrent sinus with multiple openings after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery one and half years back. The excised tissue from sinus was sent for histopathology showed multiple non-caseating granulomas and was cultured for Mycobacterium. The growth from culture was identified as Mycobacterium mageritense by Line probe assay (LPA). The wound healed after ofloxacin and doxycycline was given for a period of two months. This case focuses the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of chronic surgical infections keeping in mind the NTM.