Mycobacterium mageritense causing surgical site infection: Case report from Odisha, India

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 389 - 391
• Main Authors: Turuk, Jyotirmayee, Das, Dasarathi, Rout, Sunil Swick, Praharaj, Ashok Kumar, Bag, L., Pati, Sanghamitra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier B.V 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Aged; Female; Humans; India; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - drug therapy; Mycobacterium mageritense; NTM; Surgical site infection; Surgical Wound Infection - diagnosis; Surgical Wound Infection - drug therapy; India; Surgical site infection; NTM; Mycobacterium mageritense
• ISSN: 0255-0857; 1998-3646
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.04.008

A 66-year female presented to the outpatient department (Medicine) of a tertiary care hospital with history of a recurrent sinus with multiple openings after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery one and half years back. The excised tissue from sinus was sent for histopathology showed multiple non-caseating granulomas and was cultured for Mycobacterium. The growth from culture was identified as Mycobacterium mageritense by Line probe assay (LPA). The wound healed after ofloxacin and doxycycline was given for a period of two months. This case focuses the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of chronic surgical infections keeping in mind the NTM. •The study provides an insight regarding the importance of diagnosis of NTM.•NTM is commonly refractory to the common anti tubercular drug regimen treatment.•M.mageritense is refractory to macrolides commonly given for RGM.•DST should be encouraged before administration of drugs.