Soft tissue infection caused by a novel pigmented, rapidly growing Mycobacterium species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2779-2782

  Turenne, Christine Y ^a   Suchak, Amar A ^b   Wolfe, Joyce N ^a   Kabani, Amin ^a,b   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037504187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2779-2782.2003     Document Type: Article

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