Iatrogenic Mycobacterium abscessus infection: Histopathology of 71 patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-218

  Rodriguez G ^a,b   Ortegon M ^a   Camargo, D ^a   Orozco, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SYRINGE;

EID: 0030879144     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.18081891.x     Document Type: Article

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