Mycobacterium fortuitum infection caused by a cat bite

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1211, 2005, Pages

  Ngan, Natalie C ^a   Morris, Arthur J ^a   de Chalain, Tristan B ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BITE; CASE REPORT; CAT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BITES AND STINGS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 21244432035     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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