A "lipo-tourist" with chronic cutaneous lesions after surgery in Ecuador: A diagnostic challenge

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 Sep-Oct:25:77-78. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.07.013. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Camí de l'Almazara, 11, 03203 Elx, Alicante, Spain; Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: jarallenas@gmail.com.
² Dermatology Department, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara, 11, 03203 Elx, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: ppvte@hotmail.com.
³ Microbiology Division, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Camí de l'Almazara, 11, 03203 Elx, Alicante, Spain; Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: ruiz_mongar@gva.es.
⁴ Pathology Department, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'Almazara, 11, 03203 Elx, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: isabelvalencia9506@hotmail.com.
⁵ Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Camí de l'Almazara, 11, 03203 Elx, Alicante, Spain; Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, Spain. Electronic address: marmasiac@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Esthetic surgery; Mycobacterium abscessus; Rapidly growing mycobacteria; Skin and soft tissues infection.

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