Outbreak of surgical infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in breast implants in Brazil

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Padoveze, M C ^a   Fortaleza, C M C B ^a   Freire, M P ^a   Brandao de Assis D ^a   Madalosso, G ^a   Pellini, A C G ^a   Cesar M L V ^a   Pisani Neto, V ^b   Beltramelli, M M ^b   Chimara, E ^c   Ferrazoli, L ^c   da Silva Telles, M A ^c   Sampaio, J L M ^d   Leao S C ^d  

^a State Health Department   (Brazil)

^b Sanitary Division   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast implant; Mycobacteria; Outbreak; Surgical infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; BREAST IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 35148867634     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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