A successfully treated case of mycetoma due to Nocardia veterana

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1349-1352

  Kashima, M ^a,d   Kano, R ^b   Mikami, Y ^c   Takahama, H ^a   Ito, M ^a   Hasegawa, A ^b   Mizoguchi, M ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Toyoko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycetoma; Nocardia veterana

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA VETERANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; CILASTATIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MADUROMYCOSIS; MINOCYCLINE; NOCARDIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21644489195     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06551.x     Document Type: Article

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