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Flexor tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium asiaticum
G D Foulkes1, J C Floyd, J L Stephens
1Department of Surgery, Mercer University of School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|August 26, 1998
Abstract:
Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis infections of the hand are seen with increasing frequency. A case of Mycobacterium asiaticum flexor tenosynovitis is described. Successful management included radical flexor tenosynovectomy and therapy with oral minocycline and clarithromycin.