Unusual clinical presentation of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in an immunocompetent woman

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1663-1665

  Serra, Corrado ^a   Loi, Giovanni ^a   Saddi, Barbara ^b   Pautasso, Marisa ^c   Manzin, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^c University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OFLOXACIN;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM;

EID: 34248589075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00119-07     Document Type: Article

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