Outbreak of mesotherapy-associated cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonae in Colombia.

Abstract

Mesotherapy is a popular but controversial therapeutic tech-nique, often presented as a safe non-surgical alternative toliposuction (1). It consists of mesodermal injections of vari-ous substances used to treat conditions that span from wrinklesto arthritis pain. Concerns have been raised about safety ofthe procedure as outbreaks of dermal infections by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been reported. Rap-idly growing mycobacterial species such as