Une complication rare d’un tatouage permanent

Cutaneous Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection after Cosmetic Tattooing: A Case Report

“…Black ink is presumably diluted with contaminated tap water to create grey ink, which has been commonly implicated as the source of NTM infection. 5,6 Additional cases after 2013 have been reported in association with contaminated grey ink, [7][8][9][10] as well as one case of NTM infection in red ink. 11 Mycobacterium chelonae was the most common culprit identified in several cases by tissue culture and PCR, however as with our case, identification of the caustic mycobacterial agent was not feasible in all reported cases.…”