Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a 9.5-Year-Old Girl with Diabetes

Mycobacterium chelonae is a fast growing mycobacteria that mainly causes localized cutaneous infections. Disseminated cutaneous infections are quite exclusively seen in immunosuppressed individuals. We present a case of disseminated cutaneous infection in a young diabetic patient. This case underscores the need to consider atypical mycobacterial infections in any patient with culture-negative cutaneous infections resistant to conventional antibiotic treatment.