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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 335-337 |
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Mycobacterium chelonae causing chronic wound infection and abdominal incisional hernia
Susan Verghese1, Parag Agrawal2, Santosh Benjamin2
1 Department of Microbiology, CSI Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Surgery, CSI Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Susan Verghese
Department of Microbiology, CSI Hospital, Bengaluru - 560 051, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.134736
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Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is found all over the environment, including sewage and tap water. They are important species associated with chronic non-healing wounds. We report a case in a 41 year old female patient who underwent multiple surgeries for an ovarian cyst, tubo-ovarian abscesses with peritonitis and a repair of an abdominal incisional hernia.
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