A Mycobacterium Jacuzzi- an outbreak of breast implant infections

Plastic Surgery Journal Club - Podcast autorstwa Shiv Chopra & Damian Marucci

Mycobacterial infections after breast augmentation is extremely rare. Found out how one centre had 10 cases in just 5 months and why a Jacuzzi was so important in cracking the case! Scheflan M, Wixtrom RN. Over Troubled Water: An Outbreak of Infection Due to a New Species of Mycobacterium following Implant-Based Breast Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jan;137(1):97-105

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