Nontuberculous mycobacteria infection after mesotherapy: Preliminary report of 15 cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-653

  Sañudo, Alejandra ^a   Vallejo, Fernando ^a   Sierra, Martha ^a   Hoyos, Juan G ^a   Yepes, Sandra ^a   Wolff, Juan Carlos ^a   Correa, Luis A ^a   Montealegre, Carlos ^a   Navarro, Pilar ^a   Bedoya, Elina ^a   Sanclemente, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MALAISE; MESOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN NODULE;

ADULT; COLOMBIA; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34250329146     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.02976.x     Document Type: Article

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