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Iatrogenic outbreak of M. chelonae skin abscesses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. Camargo ,
C. Saad ,
F. Ruiz ,
M. E. Ramirez ,
M. Lineros ,
G. Rodriguez ,
E. Navarro ,
B. Pulido  and
L. C. Orozco
D. Camargo
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, AA 78091 CUAN, Sante Fé de Bogotá, D.C. Colombia, Sur América
C. Saad
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, AA 78091 CUAN, Sante Fé de Bogotá, D.C. Colombia, Sur América
F. Ruiz
Affiliation:
Departamento Administrativo de Salud del Atlántico, DASALUD, Edificio Loteria del Atlántico, Carrera 45 No. 44-12, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América
M. E. Ramirez
Affiliation:
Departamento Administrativo de Salud del Atlántico, DASALUD, Edificio Loteria del Atlántico, Carrera 45 No. 44-12, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América
M. Lineros
Affiliation:
Departamento Administrativo de Salud del Atlántico, DASALUD, Edificio Loteria del Atlántico, Carrera 45 No. 44-12, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América
G. Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Columbia, Sur América
E. Navarro
Affiliation:
Departamento Administrativo de Salud del Atlántico, DASALUD, Edificio Loteria del Atlántico, Carrera 45 No. 44-12, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América
B. Pulido
Affiliation:
Departamento Administrativo de Salud del Atlántico, DASALUD, Edificio Loteria del Atlántico, Carrera 45 No. 44-12, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sur América
L. C. Orozco
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Salud, AA 78091 CUAN, Sante Fé de Bogotá, D.C. Colombia, Sur América
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We describe an outbreak of skin lesions due to Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus associated with injections of lidocaine (lignocaine) given by a ‘bioenergetic’ (a practitioner of alternative medicine) in Colombia. The lidocaine carpules and the lesions of the patients yielded mycobacteria with identical biochemical characteristics.

Using the methodology of Sartwell and a case control design we examined the incubation period and assessed risk factors. Of 667 potentially exposed individuals, a total of 298 patients were interviewed, of whom 232 had skin lesions. The median incubation period was 30·5 days (range 15–59 days). Male sex (OR 2·85, 95% CI 1·26–6·51), increasing age (OR 1·25, 95% CI 1·03–1·53), subcutaneous injection route (OR 3·72, 95% CI 1·09–12·7) and number of injections (OR 1·01, 95% CI 1·00–1·03) were risk factors for disease.

To our knowledge, this is the largest reported outbreak of M. chelonae infection, the first in which the organism has been isolated from the putative vehicle of infection, and the first in which the incubation period could be determined.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 113 - 119
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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