Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria

Postsurgical skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are uncommon, indolent, difficult to treat, and often mimic pyogenic bacterial infections. Here we present 3 cases of NTM infections following placement of silicone implants for reconstructive breast sur...

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Autores principales: Romero, Fabian A, Powell, Eleanor A, Babady, N Esther, Kaltsas, Anna, Figueroa, Cesar J, Pulitzer, Melissa, Mehrara, Babak J, Glickman, Michael S, Morjaria, Sejal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx189
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author Romero, Fabian A
Powell, Eleanor A
Babady, N Esther
Kaltsas, Anna
Figueroa, Cesar J
Pulitzer, Melissa
Mehrara, Babak J
Glickman, Michael S
Morjaria, Sejal
author_facet Romero, Fabian A
Powell, Eleanor A
Babady, N Esther
Kaltsas, Anna
Figueroa, Cesar J
Pulitzer, Melissa
Mehrara, Babak J
Glickman, Michael S
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description Postsurgical skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are uncommon, indolent, difficult to treat, and often mimic pyogenic bacterial infections. Here we present 3 cases of NTM infections following placement of silicone implants for reconstructive breast surgery. These cases emphasize the importance of a high index of suspicion for NTM in patients with SSI after a prosthetic reconstruction refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy and the importance of early investigation with mycobacterial-specific diagnostics.
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spelling pubmed-57510292018-01-05 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria Romero, Fabian A Powell, Eleanor A Babady, N Esther Kaltsas, Anna Figueroa, Cesar J Pulitzer, Melissa Mehrara, Babak J Glickman, Michael S Morjaria, Sejal Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report Postsurgical skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are uncommon, indolent, difficult to treat, and often mimic pyogenic bacterial infections. Here we present 3 cases of NTM infections following placement of silicone implants for reconstructive breast surgery. These cases emphasize the importance of a high index of suspicion for NTM in patients with SSI after a prosthetic reconstruction refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy and the importance of early investigation with mycobacterial-specific diagnostics. Oxford University Press 2017-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5751029/ /pubmed/29308399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx189 Text en © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle Brief Report
Romero, Fabian A
Powell, Eleanor A
Babady, N Esther
Kaltsas, Anna
Figueroa, Cesar J
Pulitzer, Melissa
Mehrara, Babak J
Glickman, Michael S
Morjaria, Sejal
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title_full Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title_fullStr Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title_full_unstemmed Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title_short Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria
title_sort nontuberculous mycobacterial infections after silicone breast implant reconstruction emphasize a diversity of infecting mycobacteria
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx189
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