Open AccessAn Outbreak ofMycobacterium jacuzziiInfection following Insertion of Breast Implants
Author(s) -
Galia Rahav,
Silvio Pitlik,
Z. Amitai,
A. Lavy,
Mira Blech,
Nathan Keller,
Gill Smollan,
Mathew Lewis,
Amir Zlotkin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/507535
Subject(s) - rpob , medicine , nontuberculous mycobacteria , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , surgery , pathology , biology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis
Surgical wound infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria developed in 15 women after insertion of breast implants from August to November 2003 at a single medical center.
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