Mastitis por Mycobacterium fortuitum en una paciente HIV negativa

a case of a 39 year old hiv negative female patient with a mycobacterium fortuitum mastitis without previous pathogenic history is reported. she was treated on the bases of drug-susceptibility testing and bibliographic empirical evidence with kanamycin, doxicicline, ciprofloxacin and trimetoprim-sulfametoxazol. a complete remission of her lesions was obtained after 15 months of treatment. lesions due to this rapidly growing mycobacterium, diagnosis and treatment are commented.