Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Skin Lesions of Patients with Chiclero's Ulcer. Reluctant Response to Antimonial Treatment

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1093-1095

  Isaac Márquez, Angélica Patricia ^a   Lezama Dávila, Claudio Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^b Fraccionamiento Bosques de Campeche ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimonial treatment; Bacterial flora; Chiclero's ulcer; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMONIAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; KLEBSIELLA; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; KLEBSIELLA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MICROCOCCUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 1342332993     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800021     Document Type: Article

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