A red herring colonization of Mycobacterium lentiflavumin cutaneous sporotrichosis lesions misleading the diagnosis
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Thongtan, Thanita; Nichols, Jacob; Tarbox, Michelle Babb
- Source
- Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings; June 2022, Vol. 35 Issue: 4 p545-547, 3p
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- ISSN
- 08998280; 15253252
AbstractA 42-year-old man presented with a sporotrichoid lymphocutaneous infection for 1 month. The histopathology of the lesions showed numerous intracellular mycobacteria within foamy histiocytes suggestive of nontuberculous mycobacteria and misled the empiric treatment. The final culture grew Sporothrixspp. and the lesions improved with antifungal treatment alone. This case report depicts a case of Mycobacterium lentiflavumcolonization in cutaneous sporotrichosis lesions on histopathology to raise awareness among physicians about this rare coincidence that could mislead the diagnosis.