CASE REPORT
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 92-94

Infection of laparoscopic port wound by Mycobacterium fortuitum


1 Department of Microbiology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Brahmapur, Odisha, India
2 Department of Surgery, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Brahmapur, Odisha, India

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Dr. Sarvodaya Tripathy
Department of Microbiology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Brahmapur, Odisha
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.197915

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Cutaneous infection with rapidly growing mycobacteria is not very commonly reported. Unless strongly suspected, its diagnosis can be missed. We report a case of persistent sinus discharge that developed after laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery, in a healthy adult male, caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum. The case is being reported for its uncommon etiological agent. In this patient, both chronicity as well as repeated supra-added infection of the wound had led to significant discomfort and morbidity.


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