| heterogeneity among isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria responsible for infections following augmentation mammaplasty despite case clustering in texas and other southern coastal states. | thirty-seven cases of rapidly growing mycobacterial wound infections following augmentation mammaplasty were identified between 1979 and 1988. the infections were usually unilateral and had a narrow geographic distribution: almost 60% were from texas and 92% from five southern coastal states. in texas a seasonal incidence was observed; 45% of all previously reported and current patients had undergone mammaplasty in april, may, or june. although these findings suggested a possible common source, ... | 1989 | 2760484 |