학술논문
Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Wound Infections Among Medical Tourists Undergoing Cosmetic Surgeries in the Dominican Republic -- Multiple States, March 2013-February 2014.
Document Type
Article
Author
Schnabel, David; Gaines, Joanna; Nguyen, Duc B.; Esposito, Douglas H.; Ridpath, Alison; Yacisin, Kari; Poy, Jose A.; Mullins, Jocelyn; Burns, Rachel; Lijewski, Virginia; McElroy, Nora P.; Ahmad, Nina; Harrison, Cassandra; Parinelli, Ellen J.; Beaudoin, Amanda L.; Posivak-Khouly, Leah; Pritchard, P. Scott; Jensen, Bette J.; Toney, Nadege C.; Moulton-Meissner, Heather A.
Source
Subject
*SURGICAL complications
*SURGICAL site
*PLASTIC surgery complications
*MYCOBACTERIAL diseases
*HEALTH facilities
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Language
ISSN
0149-2195
Abstract
The article focuses on cases of patients in a number of U.S. states who had rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial (RG-NTM) surgical-site infections following cosmetic surgeries in the Dominican Republic. It relates how two cases of RG-NTM in Maryland has urged the Maryland Department of health and Mental Hygiene (MDHMH) to identify additional cases across the U.S. It outlines the number of cases identified whose surgery took place at surgical clinics in Dominican Republic.