Disfiguring scarring following mesotherapy- associated Mycobacterium cosmeticum infection

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-393

  Beer, Kenneth ^a   Waibel, Jill ^a  

^a Palm Beach Esthetic Dermatology and Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLLAGENASE; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; MINOCYCLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYLACTIC ACID; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFORMITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MESOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM COSMETICUM; NONHUMAN; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN SCAR; THIGH; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS; ABSCESS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SCAR; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ABSCESS; CICATRIX; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEG DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 70350232329     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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