• Clin. Infect. Dis. · Feb 2011

    Outbreak of Mycobacterium haemophilum infections after permanent makeup of the eyebrows.

    • Stefano Giulieri, Benoit Morisod, Timothy Edney, Micaela Odman, Daniel Genné, Raffaele Malinverni, Catherine Hammann, Enrico Musumeci, Cathy Voide, Gilbert Greub, Eric Masserey, Jacques Bille, Matthias Cavassini, and Katia Jaton.
    • Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland. stefano.giulieri@chuv.ch
    • Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011 Feb 15; 52 (4): 488-91.

    AbstractWe report a Mycobacterium haemophilum outbreak after permanent make-up of the eyebrows performed by the same freelance artist. Twelve patients presented an eyebrow lesion and cervical lymphadenitis. All were treated with antibiotics. Surgery was required in 10 cases. M. haemophilum DNA was identified in the make-up ink.

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