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Mycobacterium fortuitum abscess following breast nipple piercing

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). We present a case of a 30 year old female who developed a right breast subareolar abscess due to M. fortuitum four months after a nipple piercing. She failed to respond to an initial three-week course of monotherapy wit...

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Autores principales: Siddique, Nikhut, Roy, Moni, Ahmad, Sharjeel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00847