Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Rapid Growing Mycobacterium following Medical Procedures: Two Case Reports and Literature Review.
- Author:
Shih Sen LIN
1
;
Chin Cheng LEE
;
Tsrang Neng JANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium chelonae; Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Rapid growing Mycobacterium; Soft tissue infections
- MeSH: Multimedia; Mycobacterium chelonae; Mycobacterium Infections; Mycobacterium*; Periodicals; Periodicals as Topic; Soft Tissue Infections*; Surgery, Plastic; Taiwan
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2014;26(2):236-240
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Non-tubecrulosis mycobacterium infections were increasingly reported either pulmonary or extrapulmonary in the past decades. In Taiwan, we noticed several reports about the soft tissue infections caused by rapid growing mycobacterium such as Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae, on newspaper, magazines, or the multimedia. Most of them occurred after a plastic surgery, and medical or non-medical procedures. Here, we reported two cases of these infections following medical procedures. We also discussed common features and the clinical course of the disease, the characteristics of the infected site, and the treatment strategy. The literatures were also reviewed, and the necessity of the treatment guidelines was discussed.
