scholarly journals Mycobacterium mucogenicum bacteremia and nodular soft tissue infection in a person who uses tap water to inject drugs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Boodman ◽  
Catherine Smith ◽  
Ken von Kuster ◽  
Philippe Lagacé-Wiens ◽  
Terence Wuerz
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
North American ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Tissue Infection ◽  
Methamphetamine Use ◽  
Mycobacterium Mucogenicum

Abstract The ongoing North American epidemic of intravenous opioid and methamphetamine use increases the occurrence of bacteremia from environmental organisms. Here, we report a case of Mycobacterium mucogenicum bacteremia and associated nodular soft tissue infection in a person who uses tap water to inject drugs.

scholarly journals Source investigation of two outbreaks of skin and soft tissue infection byMycobacterium abscessussubsp.abscessusin Venezuela

2015 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. 1117-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. TORRES-COY ◽  
B. A RODRÍGUEZ-CASTILLO ◽  
R. PÉREZ-ALFONZO ◽  
J. H. DE WAARD
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Molecular Typing ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Breast Implant ◽  
Variable Number Tandem Repeat ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
Tissue Infection ◽  
Skin Marker ◽  
Infection Source

SUMMARYOutbreaks of soft tissue or skin infection due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria are reported frequently in scientific journals but in general the infection source in these outbreaks remains unknown. In Venezuela, in two distinct outbreaks, one after breast augmentation surgery and another after hydrolipoclasy therapy, 16 patients contracted a soft tissue infection due toMycobacterium abscessussubsp.abscessus.Searching for the possible environmental infection sources in these outbreaks, initially the tap water (in the hydrolipoclasy therapy outbreak) and a surgical skin marker (in the breast implant surgery outbreak), were identified as the infection sources. Molecular typing of the strains with a variable number tandem repeat typing assay confirmed the tap water as the infection source but the molecular typing technique excluded the skin marker. We discuss the results and make a call for the implementation of stringent hygiene and disinfection guidelines for cosmetic procedures in Venezuela.

Upper extremity necrotizing soft tissue infection: a complication of intravenous methamphetamine use

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott J. P. McLaughlin ◽  
Sharon M. Jay ◽  
Justin S. Matthews ◽  
Neal Singleton ◽  
Mark S. Omundsen
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Tissue Infection ◽  
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Methamphetamine Use

Group G Streptococcal Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 644-649
Author(s):  
Eriko MAEHARA ◽  
Gaku TSUJI ◽  
Yukihiro MIZOTE ◽  
Naohide TAKEUCHI ◽  
Masutaka FURUE
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Tissue Infection ◽  
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection

Acute Pyogenic Inguinal Abscess from Complex Soft-Tissue Infection or Intra-Abdominal Pathology

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsiu Hsu ◽  
Li-Ju Lai ◽  
Kuo-Ti Peng ◽  
Ching-Yu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Soft Tissue Infection ◽  
Tissue Infection
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