These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed


  • Title: Mycobacterial infection following blepharoplasty.
    Author: Kevitch R, Guyuron B.
    Journal: Aesthetic Plast Surg; 1991; 15(3):229-32. PubMed ID: 1897416.
    Abstract:
    A case of exceedingly rare mycobacterial infection following blepharoplasty is recorded. This nursing home employee underwent a combined blepharoplasty, eyelid ptosis correction, and replacement of breast implants. One month later, she developed localized abscesses of both eyelids. Cultures revealed nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. The infection was controlled after ten months of antibacterial therapy using doxycycline. We believe that the patient's exposure to debilitated individuals due to her nursing profession and the presence of a Jones tube in the right lacrimal system were major contributing factors.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]