Tattoos can actually cause cluster infection! A pair of brothers in their thirties went to the same tattoo shop to get their tattoos mended in order to keep their dazzling colors. Unexpectedly, both of them were infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the affected area was covered with rashes. They have to take antibiotics for at least half a year. Dermatologists remind that cases of accidental infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria can also be seen in medical and aesthetic courses such as catgut embedding and micro-plastic surgery. People should carefully choose shops and operators with strict hygiene before receiving invasive treatment.

A pair of brothers were infected with "non-tuberculosis mycobacterium" because of tattoo and makeup. The affected area was covered with rashes and needed special antibiotics for at least half a year. The picture is not the news party. A rash broke out after tattooing, and my brother was infected with intractable bacteria.

Two weeks after the brothers came home from the tattoo parlor, rashes appeared in the makeup area. At first, they thought it was folliculitis. After applying the medicine for 1 month, it still didn't get better, so I asked Tang, director of the dermatology medical beauty center of the hospital for help.

The doctor found that the patient's rash was only distributed in the black tattoo and did not fester. Different from the symptoms of folliculitis, further pathological examination and bacterial culture confirmed that it was caused by "non-mycobacterium tuberculosis", which may be caused by the pollution of black tattoo ink.

Korean literature reported the infection of non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are common in domestic water, and sometimes medical injections are polluted. If people have wounds, it is best not to touch water to reduce the risk of infection due to contact with polluted water. Once infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria, the standard treatment is to take special antibiotics for 6 months.