Rapid-Growing Mycobacteria Infections in Medical Tourists: Our Experience and Literature Review
Singh M, Dugdale C, Solomon I, Huang A, Montgomery M, Pomahac B, Yawetz S, Maguire J, Talbot S. Rapid-Growing Mycobacteria Infections in Medical Tourists: Our Experience and Literature Review. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2016, 36: np246-np253. PMID: 27095310, DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjw047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMycobacterial infectionRapid-growing mycobacteriaInfectious complicationsCosmetic surgeryUnusual infectious complicationAtypical mycobacterial infectionPatients' medical recordsElective cosmetic surgeryCosmetic surgical patientSurgical drainageSurgical patientsInitial presentationAtypical etiologyMean ageCombination antibioticsComplete resolutionMedical recordsMycobacteria infectionCorrect diagnosisInadequate sterilizationPatientsSurgeryMycobacterium abscessusSterile techniqueInfectionGuillain–Barré syndrome associated with resistant cytomegalovirus infection after face transplantation
Alhefzi M, Aycart M, Bueno E, Kueckelhaus M, Fischer S, Snook R, Sharfuddin A, Hadad I, Malla P, Amato A, Pomahac B, Marty F. Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with resistant cytomegalovirus infection after face transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease 2016, 18: 288-292. PMID: 26910286, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuillain-Barré syndromeLower extremity paresthesiasResistant cytomegalovirus infectionLower extremity weaknessSensorimotor axonal polyneuropathyExtremity weaknessIntravenous immunoglobulinAxonal polyneuropathyCMV infectionCytomegalovirus infectionExtremity paresthesiasImmune controlAxonal formTransplantationFacial allograftFace transplantationElectrophysiological evidenceMonthsSyndromeInfectionParesthesiaPolyneuropathyAllograftsRecurrenceCMV