Background Medical tourism has been increasing dramatically globally, with people
travelling from developed countries to low-income or middle-income countries, often to avoid …

Background: Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are increasingly being recognized as
potential pathogens. RGM, particularly Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium fortuitum …

Background Cosmetic tourism has increased dramatically over the years. We performed a
systematic review of the literature to find reports of infective complications following cosmetic …

Introduction Medical tourism is expanding on a global basis, with patients seeking cosmetic
surgery in countries abroad. Little information is known regarding the risks and outcomes of …

Background Medical tourism has grown increasingly popular in the past few decades.
Cosmetic surgery centers have developed in vacation locales, offering procedures at lower …

Background A previous review demonstrated that the majority of NTM infections in the
Northern Territory (NT) are pulmonary in nature [1], however skin and soft tissue (SST) are …

ABSTRACT Introduction Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) are a group of organisms
whose importance in medicine seems to be increasing in recent times. The increasing …

The incidence of vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) caused by non-tuberculosis mycobacteria
(NTM) without immunocompetence is extremely rare. Herein, we reported on a case of VO …

Methods A systematic review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items
for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses on complications that presented after cosmetic …

Clusters of patients who obtain cosmetic surgeries abroad have developed surgical site
infections due to rapid growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). These are usually …