Mycobacterium chelonae infections involving the head and neck

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 714-720

  Mullin, David ^a   Jothi, Sumana ^b   Healy, David ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacterium; Mycobacterium chelonae; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAW OSTEITIS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 70350499258     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911801006     Document Type: Article

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