Nontuberculous mycobacterial skin infections: Recognition and management

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 281-285

  Elston, Dirk ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BCG VACCINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; INFLIXIMAB; LENALIDOMIDE; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BCG VACCINATION; BURULI ULCER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLICULITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LICHENOID; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 68949190590     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: 11791888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200910050-00001     Document Type: Review

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