title: Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Rapid Growing Mycobacterium following Medical Procedures: Two Case Reports and Literature Review.
abstract: Non-tubecrulosis mycobacterium infections were increasingly reported either pulmonary or extrapulmonary in the past decades. In Taiwan, we noticed several reports about the soft tissue infections caused by rapid growing mycobacterium such as Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae, on newspaper, magazines, or the multimedia. Most of them occurred after a plastic surgery, and medical or non-medical procedures. Here, we reported two cases of these infections following medical procedures. We also discussed common features and the clinical course of the disease, the characteristics of the infected site, and the treatment strategy. The literatures were also reviewed, and the necessity of the treatment guidelines was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-Sen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chin-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan. ; School of Medicine, Catholic Fu-Jen University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsrang-Neng
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Jang
keywords: Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium chelonae; Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Rapid growing Mycobacterium; Soft tissue infections