Treatment of cutaneous infections due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: Two cases;Traitement des infections cutanées à Mycobacterium fortuitum : deux cas

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 135, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 591-595

  Regnier S ^a   Martinez, V ^a   Veziris, N ^a   Bonvallot, T ^b   Meningaud, J P ^c   Caumes, E ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hopital des Peupliers   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infections due to Mycobacterium fortuitum; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIPOSUCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ABDOMINAL WALL; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUINOLINES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149127843     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.03.029     Document Type: Article

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