title: Mesotherapy and cutaneous Mycobacterium fortuitum infection.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum usually are a complication of trauma or postsurgical wounds.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 41-year-old woman presented with numerous dusky red nodules, abscesses and sinuses on the right buttock and on the lateral surfaces of both thighs. The lesions developed at the injection sites of mesotherapy treatment. M. fortuitum was cultured from a biopsy specimen and purulent fluid drained from lesions. The lesions had cleared completely with ciprofloxacin 500 mg b.d. for 3 weeks, and then 250 mg b.d. for another 3 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case demonstrates the importance of suspecting mycobacterial etiology in patients with nodules and abscesses in the areas of mesotherapy treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, Italy. elisa.difonzo@asf.toscana.it
authors.forename: Elisa Margherita
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Difonzo
authors.forename: Grazia Lucia
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Campanile
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vanzi
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D031319:Aesculus; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008845:Microinjections / Q000009:adverse effects; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin