Utility of helical computed tomography to evaluate the invasion of actinomycetoma; a report of 21 cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 698-704

  Bonifaz, A ^a   Gonzalez Silva A ^a   Albrandt Salmeron A ^a   Del Carmen Padilla, M ^b   Saul A ^a   Ponce, R María ^a  

^a General Hospital of Mexico OD

^b Pascua Dermatological Center

Author keywords

Actinomycetoma; Helical computed tomography; Mycetoma; Nocardia brasiliensis; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMADURA; ACTINOMYCETOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 40949112742     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08435.x     Document Type: Article

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