Cosmetic Surgery
New cosmetic surgery study findings have been reported from Tufts University, Medical Department
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 29th, 2008
"Some US residents travel abroad to undergo cosmetic surgery for fat removal, a practice referred to as ''lipotourism.'' Mycobacterium abscessus can cause postsurgical wound infection. US residents who developed M. abscessus wound infection after undergoing cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic in 2003 and 2004 were identified using the Emerging Infections Network listserv," researchers in the United States report.
"Twenty returning US travelers with M. abscessus infection were detected. Eight patients had matching isolates, as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and repetitive element polymerase chain reaction. All 8 patients, who had previously been...
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