Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey

We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Schlarb, D., Idelevich, E.A., Krause-Bergmann, A., Stollwerck, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
First Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.003
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Sumario:We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy. Surgical tourism—in this case, lipotourism—is resulting in an increasing number of patients in Europe who may present uncommon disease patterns.

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