Treatment of Mycobacterium marinum cutaneous infections

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2965-2978

  Rallis, Efstathios ^a   Koumantaki Mathioudaki, Elma ^b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fish tank granuloma; Mycobacterium marinum; Skin infection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS RIFAMPICIN; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PRISTINAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DESICCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349088644     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.8.17.2965     Document Type: Review

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