Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum Skin Infection in Immunocompetent Adult, 2009

Abstract

After a laboratory-confirmed case of Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in a recently tattooed immunocompetent adult was reported, we investigated to identify the infection source and additional cases. We found 1 laboratory-confirmed and 1 suspected case among immunocompetent adults who had been tattooed at the same parlor.

Keywords

• Mycobacterium haemophilum
• tattoo
• skin infection
• immunocompetent
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• dispatch