Subcutaneous infection with Mycobacterium abscessus in a renal transplant recipient

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Prinz, B M ^a   Michaelis, S ^a   Kettelhack, N ^a   Mueller, B ^a   Burg, G ^a   Kempf, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteriosis; Immunosuppression; Mycobacterium abscessus; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BCG ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LONG TERM CARE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 2342462195     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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