Panniculitis due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria in two immunocompromised patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 469-471

  Mohty, Anne Marie ^a   Dereure, Olivier ^a,b   Bessis, Didier ^a   Durand, Luc ^a   Guilhou, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PANNICULITIS;

EID: 12344335932     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550410032969     Document Type: Article

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