Nocardia brasiliensis leg ulcer and nodular lymphangitis in France;Ulcère de jambe et lymphangite nodulaire à Nocardia brasiliensis en France métropolitaine

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 132, Issue 8-9 I, 2005, Pages 689-692

  Hamm, M ^a   Friedel, J ^a   Sire C ^a   Semon, J ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Chalon sur Saone   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LYMPHANGITIS; MALAISE; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RASH; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 24944565609     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(05)79419-9     Document Type: Review

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