Tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium arupense in a patient with diabetes mellitus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 861-863

  Tsai, Tsen Fang ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^b   Tsai, I Chen ^a   Chang, Chih Hao ^a   Hsiao, Cheng Hsiang ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Yi Min Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ARUPENSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SYNOVECTOMY; TENOSYNOVITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER FINGER;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 51549116648     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591281     Document Type: Letter

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