Panniculitis caused by Mycobacterium monacense mimicking erythema induratum: a case in Ecuador.

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Hospital Vozandes, Ecuador; Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina, Zurita & Zurita Laboratorios, Ecuador; Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador.

Published: March 2016

AI Article Synopsis

  • A young woman in Ecuador was found to have chronic nodular vasculitis caused by a newly identified species called M. monacense.
  • This case marks the first time M. monacense has been isolated in Ecuador.
  • The identification of the species was accomplished using both traditional and molecular methods.

Article Abstract

We report the first case of recently characterized species M. monacense associated with chronic nodular vasculitis, infecting a young woman. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Ecuador. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765770PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.01.006DOI Listing

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