Axonal sensory neuropathy in a patient treated with minocycline for fish-tank granuloma

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-766

  Palamaras, I ^a   Pietropaolo, N ^a   El Jabbour, J ^b   Thomson, P ^a   Dissanayake, M ^a   Robles, W ^a   Stevens, H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Cellular Pathology Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEGENERATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERYTHEMA; FISH TANK GRANULOMA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NECROSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AXONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 43649086077     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02467.x     Document Type: Letter

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