Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum Skin Infection in Immunocompetent Adult, 2009
- Meagan K. Kay
- Tara R. Perti
- Jeffrey S. Duchin
Publication date
September 2011
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
After a laboratory-confirmed case of Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in a recently tattooed immunocompetent adult was reported, we investigated to identify the infection source and additional cases. We found 1 laboratory-confirmed and 1 suspected case among immunocompetent adults who had been tattooed at the same parlor
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