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Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한성형외과학회)
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Facial Skin Tuberculosis by Mycobacterium abscessus

Mycobacterium abscessus에 의한 안면부 피부결핵

  • Ahn, Hee Chang (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Baik, Eui Hwan (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Oh, Jung Kun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Sung, Kun Yeong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 안희창 (한양대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 백의환 (한양대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 오정근 (한양대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 성건용 (한양대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실)
  • Received : 2005.04.16
  • Published : 2006.01.10
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Abstract

The incidence of the tuberculosis infection has decreased worldwide, but it is still easy to find the patients in some areas or some races. And it is very difficult to diagnose and treat the patients who are infected by the atypical tuberculosis. Facial skin infection by atypical tuberculosis has not been reported. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman who developed facial skin and soft tissue necrosis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus after receiving liquid silicone injections and face lift operation. We cultured the pathogenic organism and treated the wound with radical curettage, debridement, skin graft and tuberculosis medication.

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