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Atypical Mycobacteria Infection Following Tattooing: Review of an Outbreak in 8 Patients in a French Tattoo Parlor
Nicolas Kluger, MD;
Christine Muller, MD;
Nathalie Gral, MD
Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(7):941-942.
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Environmental (atypical) mycobacteria may be inoculated after surgery, acupuncture, mesotherapy, intravenous catheter use, or subcutaneous injections.1-2 Inoculation after tattooing has also been reported in a single case.3 Herein, we describe an outbreak of an undetermined atypical mycobacterial infection after tattooing that occurred in Grenoble, France, during the year 2005.
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Eight otherwise healthy patients (6 men and 2 women; median age, 24 years) were referred to our institution between January and May 2005 for multiple asymptomatic erythematous papules and pustules strictly confined to the gray parts of their tattoos (Table). Findings from examination were otherwise unremarkable. All of the tattoos had been performed in the same parlor by the same artist (Figure). Lesions evolved mostly within 10 to 21 days after the first tattoo session and between 2 and 5 months prior to presentation. Only patient 3 underwent . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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