CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 65-67

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial soft tissue swelling in an immunocompetent patient

Virendra S Athavale, Murtaza A Calcuttawala, Daksha S Nirhale, Anirudhha Kale
Department of Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Murtaza A Calcuttawala
Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.122788

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Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) include those mycobacterium species that are not members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. They assumed significance with the growing pandemic of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) since the 1980s, when Mycobacterium avium infections were found to be associated with AIDS. However, the epidemiology of NTM disease among patients without Human immunodeficiency virus infections is not well documented. We report a case of NTM soft tissue swelling in an immunocompetent 18-year-old male who responded well to local excision and antitubercular treatment.


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