Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in immunocompetent adult, 2009

doi:10.3201/eid1709.102011

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. 2011 Sep;17(9):1734-6.

doi: 10.3201/eid1709.102011.

Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in immunocompetent adult, 2009

Meagan K Kay¹, Tara R Perti, Jeffrey S Duchin

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PMID: 21888807
PMCID: PMC3322073
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.102011

Case Reports

Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in immunocompetent adult, 2009

Meagan K Kay et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep.

. 2011 Sep;17(9):1734-6.

doi: 10.3201/eid1709.102011.

Authors

Meagan K Kay¹, Tara R Perti, Jeffrey S Duchin

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¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. meagan.kay@kingcounty.gov

PMID: 21888807
PMCID: PMC3322073
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.102011

Abstract

After a laboratory-confirmed case of Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in a recently tattooed immunocompetent adult was reported, we investigated to identify the infection source and additional cases. We found 1 laboratory-confirmed and 1 suspected case among immunocompetent adults who had been tattooed at the same parlor.

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Pustular rash caused by *Mycobacterium haemophilum* confined to the tattooed region of the forearm. Photograph taken in October 2009, two months after tattooing.

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[1] Shah MK, Sebti A, Kiehn TE, Massarella SA, Sepkowitz KA. Mycobacterium haemophilum in immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:330–7. 10.1086/321894 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Shah MK, Sebti A, Kiehn TE, Massarella SA, Sepkowitz KA. Mycobacterium haemophilum in immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:330–7. 10.1086/321894 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Saubolle MA, Kiehn TE, White MH, Rudinsky MF, Armstrong D. Mycobacterium haemophilum: microbiology and expanding clinical and geographic spectra of disease in humans. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996;9:435–47. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Saubolle MA, Kiehn TE, White MH, Rudinsky MF, Armstrong D. Mycobacterium haemophilum: microbiology and expanding clinical and geographic spectra of disease in humans. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996;9:435–47. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Armstrong KL, James RW, Dawson DJ, Francis PW, Masters B. Mycobacterium haemophilum causing perihilar or cervical lymphadenitis in healthy children. J Pediatr. 1992;121:202–5. 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81188-6 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Armstrong KL, James RW, Dawson DJ, Francis PW, Masters B. Mycobacterium haemophilum causing perihilar or cervical lymphadenitis in healthy children. J Pediatr. 1992;121:202–5. 10.1016/S0022-3476(05)81188-6 - DOI - PubMed

[7] Smith S, Taylor GD, Fanning EA. Chronic cutaneous Mycobacterium haemophilum infection acquired from coral injury. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37:e100–1. 10.1086/377267 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Smith S, Taylor GD, Fanning EA. Chronic cutaneous Mycobacterium haemophilum infection acquired from coral injury. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37:e100–1. 10.1086/377267 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Piersimoni C, Scarparo C. Extrapulmonary infections associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria in immunocompetent persons. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1351–8. 10.3201/eid1509.081259 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Piersimoni C, Scarparo C. Extrapulmonary infections associated with nontuberculous mycobacteria in immunocompetent persons. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15:1351–8. 10.3201/eid1509.081259 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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