A case of tuberculous pyomyositis that caused a recurrent soft tissue lesion localized at the forearm

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 376-379

  Baylan, Orhan ^a   Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Cicek, Engin Ilker ^a   Albay, Ali ^a   Komurcu, Mahmut ^a   Kisa, Ozgul ^a   Gunal, Armagan ^a   Ugurel, Mehmet Sahin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOMYOSITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPUTUM; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TUBERCULOSIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 30544431750     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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