Mycobacterium chelonae finger infection associated with Raynaud's phenomenon

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1178-1179

  Sari Kouzel, H ^a,c   Chadwick, P R ^b   Muir, L T S W ^b   Herrick, A L ^a   Denning, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 4344685152     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.009506     Document Type: Article

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