Mycobacterium ulcerans infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-313

  Russell, F M ^a,e   Starr, M ^a   Hayman, J ^b   Curtis, N ^c   Johnson, P D R ^c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCLOXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036268302     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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