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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 11:36:18-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.02.029. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Novel, sensitivity-based antibiotic regimen for multidrug-resistant Mycobacteriumabscessus infection following cosmetic surgery

Marlee Hill  1 , Amanda S Weissman  1 , Michael Franzetti  1 , Pamela Allen  1
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Novel, sensitivity-based antibiotic regimen for multidrug-resistant Mycobacteriumabscessus infection following cosmetic surgery

Marlee Hill et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: M. abscessus; RG- NTM; SSTIs; antibiotics; complex antibiotic regimens; cosmetic surgery; gluteal augmentation with autologous fat transfer; infection; medical tourism; multidrug-resistant; mycobacterium abscessus; novel; post-surgical infection; rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria; skin and soft tissue infection.

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Figures

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Fig 1
Mycobacterium abscessus surgical-site skin and soft tissue infection. Multiple indurated hyperpigmented to violaceous nodular plaques and one open nodule with a whitish-yellow hue on the mid-to-lateral left buttock with a few similarly appearing lesions on the right buttock.
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