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Atypical mycobacterium is most commonly associated with nonhealing postlaparoscopic wound infections, causing outbreaks or sporadic cases worldwide.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Purpose:<\/jats:title>\n We retrospectively studied the occurrence of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) from PSIs following LS that did not respond to antibiotics used for pyogenic infections and having sterile routine aerobic cultures and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern to guide proper management.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n The study was done in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India over a 1-year period which included PSI cases with delayed onset not responding to antibiotics, following different types of LS. Pus\/discharge from 32 patients was collected and examined for isolation and identification of the causative agents. Gram stain and Ziehl\u2013Neelsen staining methods were used for direct examination. Culture media included blood agar, Robertson's cooked meat broth, MacConkey agar, and Lowenstein\u2013Jensen medium. Isolates from the cases were identified using biochemical tests or molecular methods and studied the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern by the standard microbiologic procedures.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Mycobacterium abscessus<\/jats:italic>\n (13) and\n Mycobacterium fortuitum<\/jats:italic>\n (2) were isolated from 15 serosanguinous drainage obtained from 32 cases by routine microbiological techniques. All isolates analyzed for antimicrobial susceptibility pattern were highly sensitive to clarithromycin (93.3%), amikacin (93.3%), and imipenem (80%) but were variable to ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and linezolid.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n Our present study shows frequent association of NTM with laparoscopic port-site nonhealing chronic infection or wound dehiscence. 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