Mycobacteriosis in patients with breast implants: a case review from the Ivo Pitanguy Institute Micobacteriose em implantes mamários: revisão da casuística do Instituto Ivo Pitanguy

Mycobacteriosis in patients with breast implants: a case review from the Ivo Pitanguy Institute Micobacteriose em implantes mamários: revisão da casuística do Instituto Ivo Pitanguy

INTRODUCTION: Reports of infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria during plastic surgery have increased in recent years despite improvements in techniques of asepsis/antisepsis and antibiotic prophylaxis. Infections occurring after the insertion of breast implants are a cause of patient mor...

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Main Authors: Gabrielle Bessa Wajnberg, Vinicius Volpe D'Angieri Basile, Luís Gustavo Moraes Prado, José de Faria, Henrique N Radwanski, Ivo Pitanguy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica
Subjects:
Micobactérias atípicas
Mycobacterium
Implante mamário
Mamoplastia
Infecção
Mycobacteria, atypical
Breast implantation
Mammaplasty
Infection
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-51752011000300019
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