Mycobacterium fortuitum infection of the sternum: Review of the literature and case illustration

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1344-1346

  Samuels, Louis E ^a   Sharma, Sameer ^a   Morris, Rohinton J ^a   Solomon, Mark P ^a   Granick, Mark S ^a   Wood, Craig A ^b   Brockman, Stanley K ^a  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 0029958514     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430240098014     Document Type: Article

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