Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic procedures--an emerging public health problem?
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
We describe an outbreak of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica soft-tissue infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic injections and the first report using multilocus sequence typing sequence data for determining Nocardia strain relatedness in an outbreak. All 8 cases identified had a common source exposure and required hospitalization, surgical debridement, and prolonged antimicrobial therapy.
Medical subject headings
- Cosmetic Techniques
- Disease Outbreaks
- Nocardia
- Nocardia Infections