Flexor tenosynovitis of the hand due to rare nontuberculous mycobacterium (Mycobacterium haemophilum) in an immunocompromised patient

Takuya Yokoia Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Kosuke Saitob Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Higashisumiyoshi Morimoto Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Takuya Uemurac Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan

Etsuko Takizawad Department of Central Clinical Laboratory, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Noriaki Hidakae Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Mitsuhiro Okadaa Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hiroaki Nakamuraa Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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