First case report of infection by Mycobacterium wolinskyi after mammoplasty in Brazil.
Mycobacterium wolinskyi is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, first described in 1999 as a member of the group Mycobacterium smegmatis (Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium wolinskyi and Mycobacterium goodii). Only 19 case reports all over the world have been described on literature, none of them in Brazil. On this report, it is described one case of infection after a mammoplasty procedure performed in a private health service in the county of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2009. The mycobacteria specie was identified using biochemical tests and sequencing the specific gene rpoB. To treat the infection by Mycobacterium wolinskyi it was necessary to combine antibiotics for a long period of time associated with surgical procedures of the breast abscesses.
Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Center for Research/Fiocruz , Recif ;
Andrea
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Santos Lima
Public Health's Central Laboratory, Dr. Milton Bezerra Sobral (LACEN-PE) , Recif ;
Maria Madileuza
MM
Carneiro Neves
Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Recif, Brazil ;
Karen
K
Machado Gomes
Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Center for Research/Fiocruz , Recif ;
Klarissa
K
Miranda Guarines
Department of Public Health, Aggeu Magalhães Center for Research/Fiocruz , Recif, Brazil.
Carlos Feitosa
CF
Luna
Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro , Recif, Brazil ;
Rafael
R
Silva Duarte
Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Center for Research/Fiocruz , Recif ;
Lílian Maria
LM
Lapa Montenegro
Department of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhães Center for Research/Fiocruz , Recif ;
Haiana
H
Charifker Schindler
Mycobacterium wolinskyi; mammoplasty; post-surgical infection