Nocardia cyriacigeorgica Infections Attributable to Unlicensed Cosmetic Procedures—An Emerging Public Health Problem?

Abstract

We describe an outbreak of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica soft-tissue infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic injections and the first report using multilocus sequence typing sequence data for determining Nocardia strain relatedness in an outbreak. All 8 cases identified had a common source exposure and required hospitalization, surgical debridement, and prolonged antimicrobial therapy.