STUDY: Breast implant infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum

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J Infect. 2006 Mar;52(3):e63-7. Epub 2005 Sep 19.Click here to readLinks

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=AbstractPlus & list_uids=16171871 & itool=pubmed_DocSum Breast implant infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum group:report of case and review.

* Vinh DC, * Rendina A, * R, * Embil JM. Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.,Canada. There has been a marked increase in the frequency with which

breast prosthesis are being used, both for reconstructive and cosmeticpurposes. Although breast implant-related infections are uncommon,they are typically caused by bacterial skin flora, specificallyStaphylococcus aureus and the coagulase negative staphylococci. There

have been infrequent reports of breast implant infection caused by theatypical mycobacteria. This report summarizes the case of a youngfemale who underwent augmentation mammoplasty who presented shortlythereafter with clinical evidence of an infected breast prosthesis.

Despite a protracted course of empiric antibiotic therapy and multiplesurgical interventions, she failed to improve. Additionalmicrobiologic investigations allowed for a diagnosis of Mycobacteriumfortuitum group breast implant infection to be established. A

prolonged course of anti-mycobacterial therapy, based uponsusceptibility results, allowed for eradication of the infection andsubsequent successful re-implantation of the prosthesis.