Mycobacterium monacense: A Mycobacterial Pathogen That Causes Infection of the Hand

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-96

  Taieb, Aurele ^a   Ikeguchi, Ryosuke ^a   Yu, Victor L ^a   Rihs, John D ^a   Sharma, Meenu ^a   Wolfe, Joyce ^a   Wollstein, Ronit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand; infection; Mycobacterium monacense

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPIRICISM; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MONACENSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR; THUMB;

HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 38849206231     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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