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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2024

Two Decades of Insights into Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Hand Infections.

Hussam Tabaja, Humza Y Saleem, Karim Bakri, Aaron J Tande

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hussam TabajaDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-4852
Humza Y SaleemDepartment of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Karim BakriDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Aaron J TandeDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Florida · USMayo Clinic · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The objective of our study is to describe the clinical presentation, management, and outcome of a large cohort with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) hand infection. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of all adults (≥18 years) managed at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) for NTM hand infection between 1998 and 2018. Results: Our cohort included 81 patients. The median age was 61.3 (interquartile range 51.7, 69.6) years; 39.5% were immunocompromised, and 67.9% reported a triggering exposure preceding infection. Infection was deep in 64.2% and disseminated in 3.7%. Up to 16.0% received intralesional steroids because of misdiagnosis with an inflammatory process. Immunocompromised patients had deeper infection, and fewer reports of a triggering exposure. Conclusions: Treatment of NTM hand infection usually requires surgery and antibiotics, but antibiotics alone may occasionally be attempted in select cases. Immunosuppression and intralesional steroids are risk factors for treatment failure.

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