Tattoo-associated Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in immunocompetent adult, 2009

Abstract

After a laboratory-confi rmed case of Mycobacterium haemophilum skin infection in a recently tattooed immunocompetent adult was reported, we investigated to identify the infection source and additional cases. We found 1 laboratory-confi rmed and 1 suspected case among immunocompetent adults who had been tattooed at the same parlor.