Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections of the skin: A retrospective study of 25 cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-420

  Dodiuk Gad, Roni ^a   Dyachenko, Pavel ^a   Ziv, Michael ^a   Shani Adir, Ayelet ^a   Oren, Yehudit ^a   Mendelovici, Saul ^a   Shafer, Jan ^b   Chazan, Bibiana ^c   Raz, Raul ^c   Keness, Yoram ^d   Rozenman, Dganit ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*

^b Institute of Pathology

^c Infectious Diseases Unit

^d HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; ITRACONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34547734930     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.01.042     Document Type: Article

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