In the breast implant the Americans settled salmonella
'09.10.2018'
Source: Health.mail.ru
Most likely, the bacteria got into the implant with the bloodstream, after the woman had an intestinal infection during the holidays in Mexico.
This clinical case was described in its publication in the journal JPRAS Open by surgeons at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. An 34-year-old patient, whose name was not named, performed a successful breast augmentation surgery, silicone implants were placed in the mammary glands of a woman, writes Health.mail.ru.
About five months later, she went to rest in Cancun (Mexico), where she contracted an intestinal infection - she had a fever, stomach pains and diarrhea. These symptoms persisted until they returned to the United States, where doctors diagnosed the woman with travelers' diarrhea. The source of this infection is usually food or water contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. After nine days, the woman recovered completely.
However, after another two weeks, the patient again went to the clinic, this time complaining of pain and swelling in the right breast. Ultrasound examination showed: an implant surrounds some fluid. The woman was prescribed antibiotics, but three days later she returned to the clinic again, since a large abscess (abscess) had formed in the lower part of her right breast, and the skin around it turned red and inflamed. The patient urgently underwent surgery - an abscess was opened and the implant was removed.
Analysis of the fluid that was around the implant showed the presence of bacteria of the genus Salmonella. These pathogenic bacteria can be the causative agents of travelers' diarrhea. According to the authors of the publication, due to their ability to penetrate the blood salmonella could get into the area of the implant with the bloodstream and cause inflammation.
"It would be right for patients with breast implants traveling in regions with a high risk of contracting travelers' diarrhea and limited access to medical care would take antibiotics with them on a trip and start taking them if the symptoms of the disease are very strong or do not go away for a long time" write the authors of the publication.
