Disseminated cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium abscessus in a patient with a low CD4+ T cell count

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-340

  Wang, Hongsheng ^a   Jin, Peiying ^a   Wu, Qinxue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cutaneous infection; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium abscessus; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; THYMOSIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHAPERONINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 44949091434     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0400     Document Type: Article

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