Carpal tunnel syndrome complicating hand flexor tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium szulgai

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-248

  Merlet, Claude ^a   Aberrane, Saïd ^a   Chilot, François ^a   Laroche, Jean Marie ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0034129501     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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