Cutaneous Inoculation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria During Professional Tattooing: A Case Series and Epidemiologic Study | Zendy

Ryan R. Falsey | Zendy; Michael H. Kinzer | Zendy; S.L. Hurst | Zendy; Andrea Kalus | Zendy; Paul S. Pottinger | Zendy; Jeffrey S. Duchin | Zendy; Jiong Zhang | Zendy; Judith NobleWang | Zendy; Michi M. Shinohara | Zendy

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Cutaneous Inoculation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria During Professional Tattooing: A Case Series and Epidemiologic Study

Author(s) -

Ryan R. Falsey,

Michael H. Kinzer,

S.L. Hurst,

Andrea Kalus,

Paul S. Pottinger,

Jeffrey S. Duchin,

Jiong Zhang,

Judith NobleWang,

Michi M. Shinohara

Publication year - 2013

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 - 10.1093/cid/cit347

Subject(s) - medicine , nontuberculous mycobacteria , mycobacterium chelonae , dermatology , mycobacterium abscessus , mycobacterium , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , tuberculosis , biology

The increase in popularity of tattoos has coincided with an increase in reports of cutaneous inoculation of nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria (NTM) during the tattooing process. We report 3 NTM infections in otherwise healthy persons who received tattoos, which prompted a multiagency epidemiologic investigation.

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