Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: A rediscovered focus in the Capricorn Coast region of central Queensland [4]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-180

  Francis, Glenn D ^a   Whitby, Michael ^a   Woods, Marion ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; ULCER;

EID: 33747589173     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00516.x     Document Type: Letter

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