Mycobacterium chelonae Abscesses Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008

An outbreak of skin abscesses occurred in Adelaide, Australia, in association with biomesotherapy, an alternative therapy practice. Mycobacterium chelonae was identified in 8 patient and 3 environmental samples. Our findings show M. chelonae infection can be associated with alternative therapies whe...

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Autores principales: Ivan, Mihaela, Dancer, Craig, Koehler, Ann P., Hobby, Michaela, Lease, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23968779
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.120898
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author Ivan, Mihaela
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description An outbreak of skin abscesses occurred in Adelaide, Australia, in association with biomesotherapy, an alternative therapy practice. Mycobacterium chelonae was identified in 8 patient and 3 environmental samples. Our findings show M. chelonae infection can be associated with alternative therapies when infection-control breaches occur. Tighter regulations of alternative therapy practices are needed.
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spelling pubmed-38109012013-11-05 Mycobacterium chelonae Abscesses Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008 Ivan, Mihaela Dancer, Craig Koehler, Ann P. Hobby, Michaela Lease, Chris Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch An outbreak of skin abscesses occurred in Adelaide, Australia, in association with biomesotherapy, an alternative therapy practice. Mycobacterium chelonae was identified in 8 patient and 3 environmental samples. Our findings show M. chelonae infection can be associated with alternative therapies when infection-control breaches occur. Tighter regulations of alternative therapy practices are needed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3810901/ /pubmed/23968779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.120898 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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