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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections After Silicone Breast Implant Reconstruction Emphasize a Diversity of Infecting Mycobacteria.

Fabian A Romero, Eleanor A Powell, N Esther Babady, Anna Kaltsas, Cesar J Figueroa, Melissa Pulitzer, Babak J Mehrara, Michael S Glickman, Sejal Morjaria

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Characterization of Biofilm Formation byFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabian A RomeroInfectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Eleanor A PowellClinical Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
N Esther BabadyClinical Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Anna KaltsasInfectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Cesar J FigueroaInfectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Melissa PulitzerDepartment of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Babak J MehraraDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Michael S GlickmanInfectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Sejal MorjariaInfectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postsurgical skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are uncommon, indolent, difficult to treat, and often mimic pyogenic bacterial infections. Here we present 3 cases of NTM infections following placement of silicone implants for reconstructive breast surgery. These cases emphasize the importance of a high index of suspicion for NTM in patients with SSI after a prosthetic reconstruction refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy and the importance of early investigation with mycobacterial-specific diagnostics.

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breast cancermolecular identificationNon- tuberculous mycobacterial infectionskin and soft tissue infectionsurgical site infections

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PMID29308399
PMCPMC5751029
OpenAlexW2750827443

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