Mycobacteria, non-TB -- United States
Eight New Yorkers have been diagnosed with a bacterial skin infection linked to plastic surgery they received in the Dominican Republic, city health officials said Thursday [22 Jun 2017].
All the patients -- 10 in all, including 2 from Connecticut -- who contracted _Mycobacterium abscessus/chelonae_ are women and range in age from 28 and 39 years old.
They underwent cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, tummy tucks, and breast augmentations, lifts or reductions between 2 Mar and 27
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2sbAIko
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