Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in immunocompetent adult, 2009

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;17(9):1734-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1709.102011.

Abstract

After a laboratory-confirmed case of Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in a recently tattooed immunocompetent adult was reported, we investigated to identify the infection source and additional cases. We found 1 laboratory-confirmed and 1 suspected case among immunocompetent adults who had been tattooed at the same parlor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Contact Tracing
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / transmission
  • Mycobacterium haemophilum*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / transmission
  • Tattooing / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Washington

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Clarithromycin
  • Rifampin