Perianal fistulae caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-148

  Mukhopadhya, Ashis ^a   Samal, Subhas Chandra ^a   Mukundan, Uma ^a   Patra, Susama ^a   Moses, Booshanam V ^a   Chacko, Ashok ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium fortuitum; Perianal fistulae

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; DUST; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOIL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RECTAL FISTULA;

EID: 0037307988     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200302000-00012     Document Type: Article

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