Review Article
Highlight on Advances in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in North America
Table 2
Some of extrapulmonary NTM diseases reported from skin, soft tissue, bone, and joints.
| Clinical presentation | Mycobacterium species | Comorbidities | References |
| Arthritis | M. Chelonae MAC M. fortuitum M. marinum
| Rheumatoid arthritis | [26] |
| Tenosynovitis | MAC M. chelonae | Bone fracture, penetrating injury | [27] |
| Osteomyelitis | M. szulgai M. abscessus M. fortuitum M. chelonae
| Inherited STAT1 deficiency, hepatitis C, former intravenous drug user, none | [28–31] |
| Skin and soft tissue | M. chelonae M. marinum M. avium | Tattoos None None | [32, 33] |
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