Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Non-TB mycobacteria – USA: ex Dominican Rep, M. abscessus/chelonae, post-surgery
PRO/EDR> Non-TB mycobacteria – USA: ex Dominican Rep, M. abscessus/chelonae, post-surgery
Mycobacteria, non-TB -- United StatesEight New Yorkers have been diagnosed with a bacterial skin infection linked to plastic surgery they received in the Dominican Republic, city health officials said Thursday [22 Jun 2017].All the patients -- 10 in all, including 2 from Connecticut -- who contracted _Mycobacterium abscessus/chelonae_ are women and range in age from 28 and 39 years old.They underwent cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, tummy tucks, and breast augmentations, lifts or reductions Read more [...]
