Mycobacterium abscessus infection after breast augmentation: a case of contaminated implants?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Feldman, Evan M ^a   Ellsworth, Warren ^a   Yuksel, Eser ^a   Allen, Sarah ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscessus; Augmentation; Breast; Implant; Infection; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFEPIME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHINA; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MASTALGIA; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

BREAST IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 68349154275     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.11.058     Document Type: Article

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