Mycobacterium abscessus osteomyelitis following a plantar puncture wound

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-653

  Meredith, Fran T ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029831598     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.3.651     Document Type: Article

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