Cutaneous Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in iatrogenically immunocompromised patients without transplantation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-142

  Lott, Jason P ^a   Werth, Victoria P ^a,b   Kovarik, Carrie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RIFABUTIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 45049085836     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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