Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Otomastoiditis Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, the Netherlands

Jakko van Ingen

, Frank Looijmans, Piet Mirck, Richard Dekhuijzen, Martin Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen

Author affiliations: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (J. van Ingen, F. Looijmans, R. Dekhuijzen, M. Boeree); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (J. van Ingen, D. van Soolingen); Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (P. Mirck)

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Computed tomography images of a patient with Mycobacterium abscessus otomastoiditis. Extensive bone destruction in the right mastoid and associated right-sided mucosal swelling can be seen. A) Bone tissue window setting; B) soft tissue window setting.

Appendix Figure. Computed tomography images of a patient with Mycobacterium abscessus otomastoiditis. Extensive bone destruction in the right mastoid and associated right-sided mucosal swelling can be seen. A) Bone tissue window setting; B) soft tissue window setting.

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