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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Overview
Diagnostic Criteria for Skin and Soft Tissues Infection
There is no formal diagnostic criteria for skin and soft tissues mycobacterium abscessus infection. Clinically, the disease is characterized by red/purple, warm, tender to the touch, swollen, and/or painful skin. To reach a definitive diagnosis, the organism has to be cultured from the infection site or, in severe cases, from a blood culture.
Diagnostic Criteria for Pulmonary Mycobacterium Abscessus
The diagnosis of pulmonary mycobacterium abscessus infection requires the presence of clinical and microbiological criteria.[1]
Clinical Diagnostic Criteria
- Pulmonary symptoms, OR
- Cavitation or nodular opacities on chest X-ray, OR
- Multifocal bronchiectasis with multiple small nodules on HRCT scan
AND
- Other diagnoses, such as tuberculosis, are ruled out[1]
Microbiological Diagnostic Criteria
- Positive culture from ≥2 different expectorated sputum samples
OR
- Positive culture from ≥1 bronchial wash or bronchial lavage
OR
- Histopathologic features of mycobacterial infection in transbronchial or lung biopsy AND positive culture for mycobacterium abscessus
OR
- Histopathologic features of mycobacterial infection in transbronchial or lung biopsy AND positive culture of ≥1 expectorated sputum or bronchial wash samples[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Griffith DE, Aksamit T, Brown-Elliott BA, Catanzaro A, Daley C, Gordin F; et al. (2007). "An official ATS/IDSA statement: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases". Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 175 (4): 367–416. doi:10.1164/rccm.200604-571ST. PMID 17277290.