Post surgical atypical mycobacterial infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum [3]

Journal of Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-211

  Thami, Gurvinder P ^a   Kaur, Sukhjot ^a   Chander, Jagdish ^a   Attri, Ashok K ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HISTAMINE; ISONIAZID; LIDOCAINE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036821838     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(02)91033-9     Document Type: Letter

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