Mycobacterium mageritense subcutaneous infection following cryopreserved facial fat injection: A report of 2 cases

Ifa Etesami; Alireza Ghanadan; Faezeh Khorasanizadeh; Sahar Dadkhahfar; Yasamin Kalantari

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.02.013

Mycobacterium mageritense subcutaneous infection following cryopreserved facial fat injection: A report of 2 cases

JAAD Case Rep. 2022 Feb 24:22:78-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.02.013. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Ifa Etesami¹, Alireza Ghanadan², Faezeh Khorasanizadeh³, Sahar Dadkhahfar⁴, Yasamin Kalantari¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Pathology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Skin Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Keywords: Mycobacterium mageritense; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; adverse effect; autologous; autologous fat transfer; fat injections; infection; minimally-invasive plastic surgery; mycobacterial infection; noninvasive plastic surgery; nontuberculous mycobacterium; side effect.

Publication types

Case Reports