Infection with Mycobacterium abscessus after Mohs micrographic surgery in an immunocompetent patient

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7 PART I, 2005, Pages 790-

  Fisher, Emily J ^a,b   Gloster Jr , Hugh M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PYODERMA; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; HAND; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23344447644     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31714     Document Type: Review

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