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Mastitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus after body piercing

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 131-134

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/320885

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We describe a patient with granulomatous mastitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus that presented as a mass lesion and was associated with a pierced nipple. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of mastitis due to M. abscessus and the first association of this organism with body piercing.

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