Sporotrichoid cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium marinum

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 656-658

  Hernández Martín, Angela ^a   Fonseca, Eduardo ^b   Gonzalez, A ^c   Peña, Carmen ^b   Del Pozo, Jesús ^b   García Silva, Jesús ^b  

^a Hospital de Verin   (Spain)

^b Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo ^*  (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish tank granuloma; Mycobacterium marinum; Sporotrichoid infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0345620977     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199907000-00022     Document Type: Article

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