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We describe an outbreak of skin lesions due to Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus associated with injections of lidocaine (lignocaine) given by a 'bioenergetic' (a practitioner of alternative ...

(CBS News) Recently released information that four brands of tattoo ink have caused an outbreak of skin infections has the inked-community concerned. More than 22 confirmed, four probable and 27 ...

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An outburst of bacterial infection was noted in people undergoing tattoo practice. The premixed bottle of gray ink in the tattoo parlors were seen to be infected with Mycobacterium chelenae. An ...

August 22, 2012 — Tattoo ink tainted during manufacturing caused an outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infection in 19 people who patronized a single tattoo parlor in Rochester, New York, according to ...

(AP) ATLANTA - An outbreak of infected tattoos has led to an unlikely source: the ink. With the growing popularity of tattoos, health officials say they are seeing more cases of a nasty skin infection ...

If you’re among the the 21% of American adults who have tattoos, you might be surprised to learn that there’s no law or regulation that requires tattoo inks to be sterile. The Food and Drug ...

At age 15, Molly was one of three children who tested positive for the rare bacterium, Mycobacterium chelonae. The independent panel found that in the case of one of the others, a link to the hospital ...

A team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California San Diego used a single bacteriophage to treat an immunocompromised patient with ...

A new discovery may explain why a tuberculosis vaccine is not as effective for some people as anticipated, and potentially explains why other vaccines do not work as well for some as they do for ...

A widow whose husband contracted an infection following a pioneering heart-lung transplant said she wanted answers from the hospital that cared for him. Aaron Green, of Arundel, West Sussex, had the ...