| Title: |
Post Operative Persistent Discharging Sinus: A case report of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria infection in Dhaka Medical College and Hospital |
| Authors: |
Halder, Kakali; Zaman, Rizwana; Tania, Noor-E-Jannat; Kabir, Rubaiya Binte; Haque, Azmeri; Habib, Farjana Binte; Tanni, Nusrat Noor; Nesa, Meherun; Chowdhury, Mahbuba; Shahid, Sazzad Bin |
| Source: |
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024); 56-60 ; 2072-3105 ; 2070-1810 |
| Publisher Information: |
Bangladesh Society of Medical Microbiologists |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) |
| Subject Terms: |
Acid fast bacilli; chronic wound infection; nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Zeihl-Neelsen stain |
| Time: |
Bangladesh |
| Description: |
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in nature can usually cause diseases in skin and soft tissue, post-surgical wound infection, pneumonia, infective endocarditis in healthy individual. A patient from neurosurgery department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital was referred to the Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Medical College with the complaints of chronic serous discharge from a pre-auricular sinus after 3 months of craniectomy operation. To detect the causative organism microbiological evaluation was done thoroughly including Gram stain, Zeihl-Neelsen stain, microscopy for fungus, culture and GeneXpert. NTM was identified and antibiotic combination of different classes was used which included clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, linezolid and amikacin for extended duration. Regular follow-up was taken and patient improved gradually and completely cured. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology, January 2024;18(1):56-60 |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://banglajol.info/index.php/BJMM/article/view/77009/51017; https://banglajol.info/index.php/BJMM/article/view/77009 |
| Availability: |
https://banglajol.info/index.php/BJMM/article/view/77009 |
| Rights: |
Copyright (c) 2024 Kakali Halder, Rizwana Zaman, Noor-E-Jannat Tania, Rubaiya Binte Kabir, Azmeri Haque, Farjana Binte Habib, Nusrat Noor Tanni, Meherun Nesa, Mahbuba Chowdhury, Sazzad Bin Shahid ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1E3B53E9 |
| Database: |
BASE |