Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey
We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy....
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| author | D. Schlarb E.A. Idelevich A. Krause-Bergmann P. Stollwerck |
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| description | We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy. Surgical tourism—in this case, lipotourism—is resulting in an increasing number of patients in Europe who may present uncommon disease patterns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-081aab74fe254998b26e8582770c29ab2022-12-21T19:43:26ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752015-11-018C212310.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.003Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in TurkeyD. Schlarb0E.A. Idelevich1A. Krause-Bergmann2P. Stollwerck3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, GermanyInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, GermanyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, GermanyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, GermanyWe report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy. Surgical tourism—in this case, lipotourism—is resulting in an increasing number of patients in Europe who may present uncommon disease patterns.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297515000682Abdominoplastyatypical mycobacterialipotouristMycobacterium fortuitumtreatment |
| spellingShingle | D. Schlarb E.A. Idelevich A. Krause-Bergmann P. Stollwerck Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey New Microbes and New Infections Abdominoplasty atypical mycobacteria lipotourist Mycobacterium fortuitum treatment |
| title | Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey |
| title_full | Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey |
| title_short | Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey |
| title_sort | successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from germany after abdominoplasty in turkey |
| topic | Abdominoplasty atypical mycobacteria lipotourist Mycobacterium fortuitum treatment |
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