Multiple subcutaneous nodules associate with Mycobacterium abscessus infection following removal of an infected Groshon vascular catheter tip

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hansen, Thomas P ^a   Sarma, Deba P ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; ABSCESS; ADDICTION; AMPUTATION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CATHETERIZATION; CELLULITIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EQUIPMENT; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEG; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION; CELLULITIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745261718     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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