Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: Factors influencing diagnostic delay

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 561-563

  Quek, Tricia Y J ^a   Henry, Margaret J ^a   Pasco, Julie A ^a   O'Brien, Daniel P ^a,b   Johnson, Paul D R ^c   Hughes, Andrew ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a   Redden Hoare, Jane ^a   Athan, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Médecins Sans Frontiíres Holland   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; WINTER; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BURULI ULCER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 38449083318     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01416.x     Document Type: Article

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