First case of Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in an AIDS patient in Italy

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-85

  Martinelli, Canio ^a   Farese, A ^a   Carocci, A ^a   Giorgini, S ^b   Tortoli, E ^a   Leoncini, F ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cutaneous infection; Mycobacterium haemophilum

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RIFABUTIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THRUSH; WASTING SYNDROME;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 0742289578     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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