Clinical patterns of cutaneous nontuberculous mycobacterial infections

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-734

  Bartralot, Ramon ^a   Garcia Patos V ^a   Sitjas, D ^b   Rodriguez Cano L ^a   Mollet, J ^a   Martin Casabona N ^a   Coll, P ^c   Castells, A ^a   Pujol, R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical patterns; Cutaneous infections; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INJURY; SKIN ULCER; SPAIN; SYMPTOM;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 17644395987     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06519.x     Document Type: Article

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