TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycobacterium Chelonae Infection of the Buttocks Secondary to Lipofilling
T2 - A Case Report and Review of the Literature
AU - Hammond, Sarah E.
AU - Al-Bayati, Ahmed
AU - Joumblat, Natalie
AU - Salgado, Christopher
PY - 2017/5/19
Y1 - 2017/5/19
N2 - Mycobacterium chelonae is a nontuberculous mycobacterium, classified as a Runyon type IV mycobacterium. In relation to humans, it is most commonly associated with tissue trauma or pulmonary infections. The majority of medical reports describe finding M. chelonae in the surgical setting, attributing infection to inadequate sterilization of surgical equipment. Symptoms are often nonspecific and include pain, erythema, and draining subcutaneous nodules and skin lesions. Therefore, the diagnosis of M. chelonae is often difficult to establish without prior suspicion of the disease, but can be confirmed with culture. We will describe the case of a 40-year-old female who contracted M. chelonae infection of the buttocks after abdominal liposuction and gluteal fat injection. We will describe her symptomatology, diagnosis, and successful treatment with surgical excision and antibiotics. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
AB - Mycobacterium chelonae is a nontuberculous mycobacterium, classified as a Runyon type IV mycobacterium. In relation to humans, it is most commonly associated with tissue trauma or pulmonary infections. The majority of medical reports describe finding M. chelonae in the surgical setting, attributing infection to inadequate sterilization of surgical equipment. Symptoms are often nonspecific and include pain, erythema, and draining subcutaneous nodules and skin lesions. Therefore, the diagnosis of M. chelonae is often difficult to establish without prior suspicion of the disease, but can be confirmed with culture. We will describe the case of a 40-year-old female who contracted M. chelonae infection of the buttocks after abdominal liposuction and gluteal fat injection. We will describe her symptomatology, diagnosis, and successful treatment with surgical excision and antibiotics. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.
KW - Gluteal soft tissue infection
KW - Lipofilling
KW - Liposuction
KW - Mycobacterium chelonae
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U2 - 10.1007/s00266-017-0890-3
DO - 10.1007/s00266-017-0890-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28526906
AN - SCOPUS:85019628022
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
JF - Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
SN - 0364-216X
ER -