Outbreak of mycobacterium abscessus infection after soft tissue augmentation

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 971-973

  Toy, Brian R ^a,b   Frank, Paul Jarrod ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; FRAUD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PREDNISONE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0041734821     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29262.x     Document Type: Article

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