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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infection Following Liposuction and Liposculpture—Caracas, Venezuela, 1996-1998
JAMA. 1999;281:504-505.
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MMWR. 1998;47:1065-1067
During October 1996-March 1998, nine patients in eight hospitals in Caracas, Venezuela, acquired surgical-site infections (SSI) caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). All episodes of RGM infection occurred within 2 months after liposuction or liposculpture (aesthetic surgical procedures). This report describes the findings of an epidemiologic investigation of this cluster by the Venezuelan Ministry of Health and underscores the importance of sterilizing surgical equipment to prevent nosocomial infections.
A confirmed case was defined as RGM in a patient who underwent liposuction or liposculpture during October 1996-March 1998 (study period) in a surgical facility in Caracas, in whom local signs of SSI were present and for whom cultures of surgical site drainage grew RGM. A probable case was defined as RGM in a patient who underwent liposuction or liposculpture in a surgical facility in Caracas during the study period, who had local signs of infection at the surgical site, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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