Successful bedaquiline-containing antimycobacterial treatment in post-traumatic skin and soft-tissue infection by Mycobacterium fortuitum complex: a case report.
Johanna ErberSimon WeidlichTristan TschaikowskyKathrin RotheRoland M SchmidJochen SchneiderChristoph D SpinnerPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
Bedaquiline is a promising novel agent for NTM treatment, although clinical data are limited and trials evaluating efficacy, safety, and resistance of bedaquiline are required. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of successful in vivo use of bedaquiline for a skin and soft tissue infection caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum complex.