Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Wound Infections Among Medical Tourists Undergoing Cosmetic Surgeries in the Dominican Republic — Multiple States, March 2013–February 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Schnabel, David ; Gaines, Joanna ; Nguyen, Duc B. ; Esposito, Douglas H. ; Ridpath, Alison ; Yacisin, Kari ; Poy, Jose A. ; Mullins, Jocelyn ; Burns, Rachel ; Lijewski, Virginia ; McElroy, Nora P. ; Ahmad, Nina ; Harrison, Cassandra ; Parinelli, Ellen J. ; Beaudoin, Amanda L. ; Posivak-Khouly, Leah ; Pritchard, P. Scott ; Jensen, Bette J. ; Toney, Nadege C. ; Moulton-Meissner, Heather A. ; Nyangoma, Edith N. ; Barry, M. Anita ; Feldman, Katherine A. ; Blythe, David ; Perz, Joseph F. ; Morgan, Oliver W. ; Kozarsky, Phyllis ; Brunette, Gary W. ; Sotir, Mark
• Description:
  In August 2013, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MDHMH) was notified of two persons with rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial (RG-NTM) surgical-site infections. Both patients had undergone surgical procedures as medical tourists at the same private surgical clinic (clinic A) in the Dominican Republic the previous month. Within 7 days of returning to the United States, both sought care for symptoms that included surgical wound abscesses, clear fluid drainage, pain, and fever. Initial antibiotic therapy was ineffective. Material collected from both patients' wounds grew Mycobacterium abscessus exhibiting a high degree of antibiotic resistance characteristic of this organism.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Medical Tourism Middle Aged Mycobacterium Mycobacterium Infections Notes From The Field Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Surgical Wound Infection Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(9):201-202.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24598597
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584729
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Dominican Republic ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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