Department of Microbiology, National Health Institute, Bogotá, Colombia.
Biotechnology Institute, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
PLoS One. 2023 Feb 9;18(2):e0277958. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277958. eCollection 2023.
The infiltration of foreign materials not approved for medical purposes or of modeling substances used in soft tissue to modify the anatomical appearance for aesthetic purposes represents a serious health problem. These procedures lead to the development of delayed complications, including infections. The objective of this study was to characterize infections in patients with adverse reactions to the use of modeling substances in Cali, Colombia. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was used to determine the frequency of bacterial and fungal infections associated with complications from and adverse reactions to the use of modeling substances in 113 patients. We identified microorganisms in 22 patients and a frequency of 68.1% monomicrobial infections and 31.8% polymicrobial infections. The microorganisms identified in our study included Bacillus cereus, Mycobacterium fortuitum, and Pseudomonas stutzeri, among other microorganisms. The presence of adverse effects derived from the use of illegal modeling substances has been demonstrated; among these effects, infections occur with high frequency and place the health of the patient at risk and increase problems in health care.
将未经批准用于医疗目的的异物或用于软组织塑形以改变解剖外观的美容物质渗透到体内，会引发严重的健康问题。这些程序会导致延迟性并发症的发生，包括感染。本研究的目的是描述在哥伦比亚卡利市因使用塑形物质而出现不良反应的患者的感染情况。本研究采用了横断面和描述性研究，以确定与并发症和不良反应相关的细菌和真菌感染在 113 名患者中的发生频率，这些患者使用了塑形物质。我们在 22 名患者中鉴定出了微生物，其中单一致病菌感染的频率为 68.1%，多致病菌感染的频率为 31.8%。在我们的研究中鉴定出的微生物包括蜡样芽胞杆菌、偶然分枝杆菌和施氏假单胞菌等。已经证明使用非法塑形物质会产生不良反应，其中感染的发生频率很高，会使患者的健康处于危险之中，并增加医疗保健问题。
