Atypical mycobacterial outbreaks associated with cosmetic surgery and aesthetic procedures

Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Leonard, Aimee L ^a   Brown, Lance H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFMETAZOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIC; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAIL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 19544380025     PISSN: 10413766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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