The role of nontuberculous mycobacteria in cutaneous infections of diabetic patients: a literature review

Background: diabetes is an important metabolic disease withmyriad manifestations and complications, affecting many people.cutaneous infections impact numerous diabetic patients. amongdifferent bacterial infections in diabetic patients, the infectionscaused by mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis(mott) eventuate in complications owing to the paucity ofaccurate detection methods.methods: the articles reporting nontuberculous mycobacteria(ntm) in cutaneous infections of diabetic patients, publisheduntil the end of 2017 were assessed in the present research.results: the organisms reported from cutaneous infectionsof diabetic patients are mycobacterium chelonae, mycobacteriumabscessus, mycobacterium immunogenum, mycobacterium kansasiiand mycobacterium fortuitum.conclusion: ntm infection, along with prolonged disease cycle,decelerates the healing process in diabetic patients. consideringntm during infection diagnosis, along with other possibleopportunistic bacteria, conduces to accelerating the treatmentprocess. in most cases, clarithromycin and erythromycin havebeen reported as effective alternatives for the treatment ofdiabetic patients.