Volume 5, Number 5—October 1999

Research

Abscesses due to Mycobacterium abscessus Linked to Injection of Unapproved Alternative Medication

Karin Galil* , Lisa A. Miller†, Mitchell A. Yakrus*, Richard J. Wallace‡, David G. Mosley§, Bob England§, Gwen Huitt¶, Michael M. McNeil*, and Bradley A. Perkins*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA; ‡University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas, USA; §Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; and ¶National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Figure 1. Abscesses due to Mycobacterium abscessus on the left hip of 64-year-old man who had injected (numerous times) a presumed adrenal cortex extract. The first lesion developed 9 weeks before this photograph was taken.

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