Disseminated cutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis by M. chelonae after sclerotherapy of varicose veins in a immunocompetent patient: a case report

• Main Authors: Nathalia Dias Negrão Murback (Author), Minoru German Higa Júnior (Author), Maurício Antônio Pompílio (Author), Eunice Stella Jardim Cury (Author), Gunter Hans Filho (Author), Luiz Carlos Takita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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AbstractAtypical mycobacteria are saprophytic organisms not transmitted from person to person, which affect mainly immunosuppressed but also immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of atypical mycobacteriosis after a vascular procedure, with widespread cutaneous lesions associated with polyar...