[Mycobacterium fortuitum: two patients and the same surgeon].

Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba

Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Español, Sarmiento 3150, S2001SBL Rosario, Argentina.

Published: December 2014

We describe two cases of surgical site infections due to Mycobacterium fortuitum after plastic surgery. Both patients were assisted by the same surgeon on differents hospitals. Both patients received combined antibiotic treatment and surgical debridement or multiple aspirative punctures. The final evolutions were satisfactory.

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