Chronic leg ulcer caused by Mycobacterium immunogenum

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 347-349

  Loots, Miriam A M ^a,c   De Jong, Menno D ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^b   Wetsteyn, José C F M ^a   Faber, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BELIZE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DNA SEQUENCE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; RARE DISEASE; SCAR FORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 30944466635     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12609     Document Type: Article

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