Avanzi Antonina, Bierbauer Kristin, Vales-Kennedy Guillermo, Covino Jean
At the time this article was written, Antonina Avanzi, Kristin Bierbauer, and Guillermo Vales-Kennedy were students in the PA program at Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, N.Y. Jean Covino is a clinical professor and director of didactic education in the PA program at Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital, and practices at Medemerge Family Practice/Urgent Care Center in Green Brook, N.J. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2018 Aug;31(8):45-47. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000541484.62234.7f.
The increasing popularity of medical tourism among US citizens has led to the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections from cosmetic surgery performed in other countries. Clinicians must be aware of these infections and the potential difficulties in treating them. The most common NTM species isolated from cutaneous infections in medical tourists is Mycobacterium abscessus. Because many NTM species are antibiotic resistant, combination therapy is needed to combat skin and soft-tissue NTM infections in patients who had cosmetic procedures performed in foreign countries.
美国公民中医疗旅游日益流行，导致在其他国家进行整容手术后非结核分枝杆菌（NTM）感染的发病率上升。临床医生必须了解这些感染情况以及治疗中可能遇到的困难。从医疗旅游者皮肤感染中分离出的最常见NTM菌种是脓肿分枝杆菌。由于许多NTM菌种具有抗生素耐药性，因此需要联合治疗来对抗在国外进行过整容手术患者的皮肤和软组织NTM感染。
