Surgical site infection due to Mycobacterium peregrinum: a case report and literature review

Abstract

In 2007 eight epidemic clusters (more than 15 cases in each) and other sporadic cases of measles occurred in Hokkaido district, Japan. A total of 850 cases were identified. Approximately half of them were > or = 15 years of age, resulting in a huge public health problem in the community associated with school closings, and 31% of the cases reported that they already had a history of vaccination. Of 28 isolates of the measles virus detected, all were identified as genotype D5, identical to the type isolated in other areas of Japan, suggesting that a highly homologous measles virus circulated in Japan. The occurrence pattern of measles patients and molecular epidemiology indicated that the measles virus that spread in Hokkaido district might not be indigenous.