Lower extremity furunculosis in a female adolescent

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Christie, Laura ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacterium; Cutaneous; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Nail salon; Pedicure; Rapidly growing mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NAIL; NONHUMAN; PODIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BEAUTY CULTURE; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; LEG; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NAILS;

EID: 33646792180     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000215239.19853.d0     Document Type: Article

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