The diagnosis of two cases of cutaneous ulcer caused by infection with Mycobacterium haemophilum: Direct identification in a clinical sample by polymerase chain reaction-restriction endonuclease analysis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 820-823

  Da Mata, Omaira ^a,b,c   Pérez Alfonzo, Ricardo ^a,b,c   Natera, Ivelisse ^a,b,c   Del Carmen Sucre, Rosibel ^a,b,c   Bello, Teresita ^a,b,c   De Waard, Jacobus H ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Universitario Antonio Patricio de Alcalá   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; ISONIAZID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48249151492     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03702.x     Document Type: Article

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