title: Mycobacterium mucogenicum infection following dacryocystorhinostomy and Crawford tube placement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections of the skin can be seen in cases of immunosuppression and/or traumatic implantation of contaminated objects. Surgical settings with appropriate sterilization techniques have been immune to these types of infections. We report a case of nosocomially derived infection from a sterile procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A woman in her 70s presented with a facial lesion after an ophthalmologic procedure that was discovered to be a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. It was successfully treated with oral antibiotics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections should be considered in the differential diagnosis of new lesions arising after invasive procedures, even in immunocompetent patients in seemingly sterile settings.
authors: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Mark Tye
authors: MT
authors: Haeberle
authors: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Todd
authors: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Jeffrey P
authors: JP
authors: Callen
authors: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors: Soon
authors: S
authors: Bahrami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*