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- Title
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria.
- Authors
Romero, Fabian A; Powell, Eleanor A; Babady, N Esther; Kaltsas, Anna; Figueroa, Cesar J; Pulitzer, Melissa; Mehrara, Babak J; Glickman, Michael S; Morjaria, Sejal
- Abstract
Postsurgical skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are uncommon, indolent, difficult to treat, and often mimic pyogenic bacterial infections. Here we present 3 cases of NTM infections following placement of silicone implants for reconstructive breast surgery. These cases emphasize the importance of a high index of suspicion for NTM in patients with SSI after a prosthetic reconstruction refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy and the importance of early investigation with mycobacterial-specific diagnostics.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; MYCOBACTERIAL disease diagnosis; BREAST implants; MAMMAPLASTY; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; SILICONES; SURGICAL complications; SOFT tissue infections; DISEASE complications; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofx189