Accidental Injection of Freund Complete Adjuvant With Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

Gaspar, Michael P; Landes, Genevieve; Safavi, Farinaz; Osterman, A Lee · J Hand Surg Am · 2018

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Accidental needlestick injuries are common in laboratory and health care workers. Injection of atypical pathogens, such as those encountered in the animal laboratory setting, may pose considerable problems at the site of inoculation. We present the case of an otherwise healthy laboratory worker who accidentally self-injected Freund complete adjuvant with heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis into her hand, requiring multiple debridement operations over a prolonged treatment course.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy