Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer): First reported case in a traveler

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-693

  Semret, Makeda ^a   Koromihis, George ^b   Maclean, J Dick ^b   Libman, Michael ^b   Ward, Brian J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032758616     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.689     Document Type: Article

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