Mycobacterium avium Infection in a Patient With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Silicone Breast Implants

1 January 1999

journal article
case report
Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal

Vol. 92 (1) , 80-83
https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199901000-00017

Abstract

We describe a case of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in a silicone augmented breast of a female patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex. Explantation and treatment with appropriate antibiotics led to resolution of the breast infection.

Keywords

TREATMENT
ANTIBIOTICS
RESOLUTION
IMPLANTS
AUGMENTED
EXPLANTATION
MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM
INTRACELLULARE

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