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Mycobacteriosis in patients with breast implants: a case review from the Ivo Pitanguy Institute

Rev. bras. cir. plást; 26 (3), 2011
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 morbidit...

Abdominal mycobacterial infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients

Säo Paulo med. j; 113 (3), 1995
The authors studied 12 patients with AIDS and abdominal mycobacteriosis hospitalized in the Hospital lpiranga (Sao Paulo, Brazil), from June 1989 to January 1992. Diagnosis was confirmed by the histopathological examination of organ specimens collected during laparotomy, which, in most cases, was carried...