FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medical tourism to Mexico for cosmetic procedures exposed Americans to a deadly fungal infection last year, a new report shows.
An outbreak of Fusarium solani meningitis occurred at two clinics in Matamoros specializing in elective cosmetic procedures like breast augmentation, liposuction and Brazilian butt lifts.
The new report, published Feb. 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine, tracked the progress of 13 hospitalized patients exposed to the F. solani fungus through epidural anesthesia administered by the River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3 between Jan. 1 and May 13, 2023.
Nine of the 13 patients died from injury to arteries feeding their brainstem, brain and spinal cord, said lead researcher Dr. Nora Strong, a postdoctoral fellow in infectious diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
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