Fracture-associated infection with Mycobacterium smegmatis in a 16-year old patient

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024 Sep;110(1):116379. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116379. Epub 2024 May 31.

Abstract

We present a patient who suffered an agricultural rollover trauma and developed a fracture-associated tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium smegmatis. Since cases are rare, treatment of infections with M. smegmatis requires an interprofessional approach and the combination of surgery and adjunctive antimicrobial treatment.

Keywords: Fractures; Mycobacterium infections; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Open; Soft tissue infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Fractures, Bone / complications
  • Fractures, Bone / microbiology
  • Fractures, Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / complications
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents