BACKGROUND: Cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum usually are a complication of trauma or postsurgical wounds. CASE REPORT: A 41-year-old woman presented with numerous dusky red nodules, abscesses and sinuses on the right buttock and on the lateral surfaces of both thighs. The lesions developed at the injection sites of mesotherapy treatment. M. fortuitum was cultured from a biopsy specimen and purulent fluid drained from lesions. The lesions had cleared completely with ciprofloxacin 500 mg b.d. for 3 weeks, and then 250 mg b.d. for another 3 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: This case demonstrates the importance of suspecting mycobacterial etiology in patients with nodules and abscesses in the areas of mesotherapy treatment.
Mesotherapy and cutaneous Mycobacterium fortuitum infection / EM. Difonzo; GL. Campanile; L. Vanzi; L. Lotti. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0011-9059. - STAMPA. - 48:(2009), pp. 645-647.
Mesotherapy and cutaneous Mycobacterium fortuitum infection.
DIFONZO, ELISA MARGHERITA;
2009
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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum usually are a complication of trauma or postsurgical wounds. CASE REPORT: A 41-year-old woman presented with numerous dusky red nodules, abscesses and sinuses on the right buttock and on the lateral surfaces of both thighs. The lesions developed at the injection sites of mesotherapy treatment. M. fortuitum was cultured from a biopsy specimen and purulent fluid drained from lesions. The lesions had cleared completely with ciprofloxacin 500 mg b.d. for 3 weeks, and then 250 mg b.d. for another 3 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: This case demonstrates the importance of suspecting mycobacterial etiology in patients with nodules and abscesses in the areas of mesotherapy treatment.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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