Mycobacterium decipiens Infection in Patient Receiving Anti-TNF-α Therapy, France, 2024.

Mycobacterium decipiens is a newly identified species with high genomic similarity to M. tuberculosis. We report a cutaneous M. decipiens infection in a patient in France who had inflammatory bowel disease being treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy. The infection was successfully treated with an oral antimicrobial regimen.