Cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium abscessus in a child

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-131

  Brantley, Julie S ^a,b   Readinger, Allison L ^a   Morris, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AEROBIC BACTERIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDERMOID CYST; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SMEAR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33645515701     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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