A case of severe cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection in a patient with Crohn's disease on chronic high-dose prednisone

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jan 10;12(1):bcr-2018-228516. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228516.

Authors

Takaaki Kobayashi¹, Bradley Ford², Poorani Sekar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
² Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: dermatology; infectious diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Crohn Disease / drug therapy*
Crohn Disease / immunology
Fishes / microbiology
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / immunology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Opportunistic Infections / immunology
Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
Prednisone / therapeutic use*
Rifabutin / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use*
Water Microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Rifabutin
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

Infection with Mycobacterium marinum