Chronic Cheek Lesions: An Unusual Manifestation of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cevicofacial Infection

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Haimi Cohen, Yishai ^a   Amir, Jacob ^a   Eidlitz Markus, Tal ^a   Steier, David ^a   Ben Amitai, Dan ^a   Zeharia, Avraham ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEEK; CHRONIC CHEEK LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL CEVICOFACIAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHEEK; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 71749108550     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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