Post surgical infection with Mycobacterium chelonae;Postoperative Infektion mit Mycobacterium chelonae

Hautarzt

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 863-866

  Engelhardt, Eva ^a   Feldmaan, Robert ^a   Skaria, Andreas ^a   Salomon, Denis ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atypical surgical wound infection; coronary artery bypass; Mycobacterium chelonae; mycobacterium infections by atypical mycobacterial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER;

AGED; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029806221     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050050523     Document Type: Article

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