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© 1996 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI—AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION AS TENOSYNOVITIS OF THE WRIST IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

G. M. COOMBES, L. S. TEH, J. DENTON{dagger}, A. S. JOHNSON* and A. K. P. JONES

Departments of Rheumatology Stott Lane, Salford M6 6HD
*Microbiology, University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Hope Hospital Stott Lane, Salford M6 6HD
{dagger}Department of Rheumatology, University of Manchester Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: G. M. Coombes, Sheffield Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Nether Edge Hospital, Osborne Road, Sheffield SU 9EL

Mycobacterium xenopi is an atypical acid-fast bacillus which may colonize tap water supplies. It typically causes pulmon; infection, particularly in patients with pre-existing lung damage, and non-pulmonary involvement is rare. We describe the f reported case of tenosynovitis due to this organism in an immunocompctcnt male patient.

KEY WORDS: Tenosynovitis, Mycobacterium xenopi


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