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- Title
Mycobacterium abscessus infection complicating a professional tattoo.
- Authors
Ricciardo, Bernadette; Weedon, David; Butler, Gregory
- Abstract
A healthy 23-year-old man presented with a tender papular eruption confined to the grey pigment of a recently acquired professional tattoo. Atypical mycobacterial infection was suspected and culture of a tissue specimen grew Mycobacterium abscessus. He was successfully treated with minocycline and subsequently, clarithromycin. We present a brief review of M. abscessus infection, with a particular focus on its role in nosocomial infections and in the post-tattoo setting.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIA; TATTOOED people; TATTOOING; PIGMENTS
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
0004-8380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-0960.2010.00659.x