A cluster of infections due to Mycobacterium chelonae have been diagnosed in individuals who patronized the same upstate NY tattoo parlor. The outbreak was traced to a bottle of pre-mixed ink and the FDA is issuing a recall.
For information on tattoos and mycobacteria infections see:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4393/is_1_42/ai_n56785728/
and
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19733936
