Boston health officials investigating severe infections from “medical tourism”

November 29, 2013

Boston health officials are investigating several reports of severe infections in patients who traveled to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery. At least two patients in Boston, and another in Worcester, are believed to have been infected with Mycobacterium abscessus, a bacteria that is not easily battled with antibiotics, and can take months of treatment to vanquish. (Boston.com)