title: Successful interdisciplinary radical treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a lipotourist from Germany after abdominoplasty in Turkey.
abstract: We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who experienced recurrent infections of the abdominal wall after travelling to Turkey from Germany to undergo abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons. The patient's Mycobacterium fortuitum infection was successfully treated by surgery and antibiotic therapy. Surgical tourism-in this case, lipotourism-is resulting in an increasing number of patients in Europe who may present uncommon disease patterns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlarb
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Idelevich
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krause-Bergmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fachklinik Hornheide, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stollwerck
keywords: Abdominoplasty; Mycobacterium fortuitum; atypical mycobacteria; lipotourist; treatment