Breast Infections With Atypical Mycobacteria Following Reduction Mammaplasty
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Breast infections with atypical mycobacteria following reduction mammaplasty.
Reduction mammaplasty is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures performed in the US, with the goal of correcting symptomatic macromastia. More than 70,000 cases were performed in 2009, with few complications and low infection rates. The authors present two cases of breast infections with Mycobacterium fortuitum and one with Mycobacterium chelonei following bilateral reduction mammapl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aesthetic Surgery Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1090-820X,1527-330X
DOI: 10.1177/1090820x10380543