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 presentationMycobacterium speciesComorbiditiesReferences

Arthritis M. Chelonae
MAC
M. fortuitum  
M. marinum   
Rheumatoid arthritis[26]

TenosynovitisMAC
M. chelonae
Bone fracture,
penetrating injury
[27]

OsteomyelitisM. szulgai  
M. abscessus  
M. fortuitum  
M. chelonae  
Inherited STAT1
deficiency, hepatitis C,  
former intravenous drug
user,
none
[2831]

Skin and soft tissueM. chelonae
M. marinum
M. avium
Tattoos
None
None
[32, 33]