Cutaneous Mycobacterium fortuitum infection mimicking lupus vulgaris

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Lin, Y C ^a   Chiu, H C ^a   Hsiao, C H ^a   Jee, S H ^a   Liao, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat shock protein 65; Lupus vulgaris; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Rapidly growing mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SPECTRUM; TISSUE CULTURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036068880     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04791.x     Document Type: Article

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