Diagnostic odyssey of a cutaneous mycobacteriosis rare in central Europe

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 289-292

  Fischer, Tobias W ^a   Assefa, Sentayehu ^a   Bauer, Heike I ^a   Graefe, Tim ^a   Scholz, Matthias ^a   Pfister, Wolfgang ^a   Barta, Ute ^a   Wollina, Uwe ^a   Elsner, Peter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium chelonae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; ICHTHAMMOL; ITRACONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 12244283118     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065854     Document Type: Article

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