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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Research Letter

Mycobacterium marseillense Infection in Human Skin, China, 2018

Bibo Xie1, Yanqing Chen1, Jian Wang, Wei Gao, Haiqing Jiang, Jiya Sun, Xindong Jin, Xudong Sang, Xiaobing Yu, and Hongsheng WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China (B. Xie,Y. Chen, W. Gao, H. Jiang, H. Wang); Zhejiang Institute of Dermatology, Deqing, China (B. Xie, J. Wang, X. Jin, X. Sang, X. Yu); Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing (Y. Chen, W. Gao, H. Jiang, H. Wang); Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China (J. Sun); Centre for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing (H. Wang)

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Skin lesions and computer tomography scans of woman with Mycobacterium marseillense skin infection, China, 2018, and genomic analysis of isolate. A, B) Facial skin lesion of woman with M. marseillense infection before and after treatment. Infiltrated erythematous plaque with yellowish scales and crusts (A) resolved to a scar after clearance of infection (B). C) Computed tomography imaging before treatment (top) shows heterogeneous hypersignal in right ethmoid sinus and after treatment (bottom) s

Figure. Skin lesions and computer tomography scans of woman with Mycobacterium marseillense skin infection, China, 2018, and genomic analysis of isolate. A, B) Facial skin lesion of woman with M. marseillense infection before and after treatment. Infiltrated erythematous plaque with yellowish scales and crusts (A) resolved to a scar after clearance of infection (B). C) Computed tomography imaging before treatment (top) shows heterogeneous hypersignal in right ethmoid sinus and after treatment (bottom) shows recovery of right ethmoid sinus. P, posterior; R, right. D) Phylogenetic tree constructed with 16S rRNA gene sequence of isolate from patient (bold) and other species. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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