RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recurrent Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis
JF Ochsner Journal
JO Ochsner J
FD O. P. Jindal Global University
SP 86
OP 89
DO 10.31486/toj.19.0010
VO 21
IS 1
A1 Melissa Kwan
A1 Richard Tupler
YR 2021
UL http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/21/1/86.abstract
AB Background: Nontuberculous mycobacteria are an uncommon pathogen for musculoskeletal infection and are difficult to treat because of delays in diagnosis, prolonged treatment requiring both antimycobacterial therapy and surgical debridement, and high rates of resistance to antimycobacterial therapy.Case Report: We report the case of an 88-year-old male with recurrent Mycobacterium avium complex tenosynovitis despite receiving multiple courses of pharmacologic therapy and surgical debridement.Conclusion: Nontuberculous mycobacterial musculoskeletal infections can be difficult to diagnose and equally difficult to treat. A combination of antimycobacterial therapy and surgical debridement is often required; however, the rate of treatment failure remains high, particularly with rapidly growing mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium avium.