Pseudomonas aeruginosa otochondritis complicating localized cutaneous leishmaniasis: Prevention of mutilation by early antibiotic therapy

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 270-272

  Van Der Vliet, Diane ^b   Le Guern, Anne Sophie ^b   Freitag, Sylvie ^c   Gounod, Nicolas ^c   Therby, Audrey ^c   Darie, Herve ^b   Buffet, Pierre A ^a,b  

^a Institut Pasteur Medical Center ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMONY; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHONDRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EAR MALFORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; CARTILAGE; EXTERNAL EAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMONY; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CARTILAGE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 33748746256     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.270     Document Type: Article

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