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CASE REPORT
Presentation of Mycobacterium abscessus infection following rhytidectomy to a UK plastic surgery unit
  1. Philippe Bowles1,
  2. Mary-Clare Miller2,
  3. Samuel Cartwright1,
  4. Martin Jones2
  1. 1Department of ENT, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
  2. 2Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, East Sussex, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philippe Bowles, philbowles{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

We report the presentation of a patient to a UK plastic surgery unit with Mycobacterium abscessus infection following a facelift surgery in Southern India. Treatment was protracted requiring surgical debridement and 6 months of antibiotics including a 3-week hospital admission for intravenous antibiotic therapy. We describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of this unusual microorganism with reference to more familiar pyogenic infections.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-204000

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