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Case Reports
. 1994 Feb;13(2):145-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01982188.

Septic cutaneous lesions caused by Mycobacterium malmoense in a patient with hairy cell leukemia

B Castor  1 , I Juhlin, B Henriques
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Case Reports

Septic cutaneous lesions caused by Mycobacterium malmoense in a patient with hairy cell leukemia

B Castor et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

Patients with hairy cell leukemia seem to be prone to infections with mycobacteria. This report describes a patient with hairy cell leukemia and pulmonary infection as well as disseminated cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium malmoense cultured from sputum and skin scrapings on Loewenstein-Jensen medium in eight weeks. Despite multiresistance of the causative strain, the infection was successfully treated with ethambutol, cycloserine and isoniazid.

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