Rapidly growing mycobacterial infections after pedicures

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 629-634

  Sniezek, Patrick J ^a   Graham, Brad S ^b   Busch, Heidi Byers ^b   Lederman, Edith R ^b   Lim, Matthew L ^b   Poggemyer, Kimberly ^c   Kao, Annie ^c   Mizrahi, Moise ^c   Washabaugh, Gerry ^c   Yakrus, Mitch ^d   Winthrop, Kevin ^d,e  

^a Naval Air Station   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e California Dept of Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PODIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038630694     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.5.629     Document Type: Article

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