The surgical management of lesions of ulcerans infections due to Mycobacterium ulcerans, revisited

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 981-984

  Radford, Anthony J ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Skin infection; Surgical procedures; Treatment; Ulcerans infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CLOFAZIMINE; ISONIAZID; OXYGEN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BURULI ULCER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURULI ULCER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 70249091776     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.009     Document Type: Review

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