Recurrent, disseminated Mycobacterium marinum infection caused by the same genotypically defined strain in an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3059-3061

  Holmes, G Frank ^a   Harrington, Susan M ^a   Romagnoli, Mark J ^a   Merz, William G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DNA RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0032780087     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.3059-3061.1999     Document Type: Article

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