Life-threatening mycobacteria infection

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-257

  Faber, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; STEROID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CHEMOTHERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; UGANDA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 19444382709     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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