Open AccessRapidly growing Mycobacterium infections after cosmetic surgery in medical tourists: the Bronx experience and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Lucas R. Cusumano,
Vivy Tran,
Aileen Tlamsa,
Philip Chung,
Robert Grossberg,
Gregory Weston,
Uzma Sarwar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.07.022
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , general surgery , surgical debridement , medical tourism , antibiotics , tourism , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology
Medical tourism is increasingly popular for elective cosmetic surgical procedures. However, medical tourism has been accompanied by reports of post-surgical infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). The authors' experience working with patients with RGM infections who have returned to the USA after traveling abroad for cosmetic surgical procedures is described here.
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