Images in clinical medicine. Piercing-related nontuberculous mycobacterial infection

N Engl J Med. 2010 May 27;362(21):2012. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm0906854.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / etiology*
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Body Piercing / adverse effects*
  • Cheek / microbiology*
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / etiology*
  • Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification*
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination