A case report of mycobacterium marinum infection of the hand

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 221-223

  Lim, W Y ^a   Chia, John ^a   Looi, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium marinum; Tenosynovitis; Trigger fingers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HAND; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0347573191     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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