Mycobacterium nonchromogenicumによる右足関節炎の1治験例

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A case of 65-year-old farmer suffering from the righr foot joint infection with Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum for more than six years and being completely cured by surgical procedure followed by the appropriate use of antituberculous drugs, RFP and EB, for eight months, was reported. The following clinical peculiarities were pointed out; the difficulty in establishing the accurate diagnosis, the chronicity of the course without showing tendency to progress but intractable unless proper treatment is given, and less pronounced residual disability after recovery. Little granulation issue was found at operation, and microscopic findings showed a chronic nonspecific inflammatory hange. M. nonchromogenicum is still regarded as a saprophite, but it surely be a causative agent in h uman infection occasionally as presented in this report. Inoculation of the strain to mice and guinea pigs through intraperitonial and intravenous routes howed no pathogenicity.
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