Lupus vulgaris caused by Mycobacterium bovis ssp. caprae [11]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-222

  Meyer, S ^a   Naumann, L ^b   Landthaler, M ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22944444546     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06673.x     Document Type: Letter

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