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Mycobacteria



 Mycobacterium cosmeticum isolated from cosmetic infections



February 20th, 2005

Scientists have isolated Mycobacterium cosmeticum from a cosmetic infection and from a nail salon.

"Four isolates of a rapidly growing Mycobacterium species had a mycolic acid pattern similar to that of Mycobacterium smegmatis, as determined by HPLC analyses. Three of the isolates were from footbath drains and a sink at a nail salon located in Atlanta, GA, USA; the fourth was obtained from a granulomatous subdermal lesion of a female patient in Venezuela who was undergoing mesotherapy. By random amplified polymorphic DNA electrophoresis and PFGE of large restriction fragments, the three isolates from the nail salon were shown to be the same strain...


Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2005-02-20)

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