Atypical mycobacterial wound infection after blepharoplasty.

Figure I Bilateral blepharoplasty wounds showing induration, breakdown, and crusting. asE B p?g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~........e:. Case report A 72-year-old man underwent bilateral blepharoplasty for dermatochalasis. Four weeks later he noted increasing redness and swelling in the healed brow incisions. These swellings bled intermittently, scabbed over, and became progressively more prominent (Fig 1) despite treatment with cephalothin for 2 weeks. Because of the lack of response to this antibiotic, the patient