Intractable ulcer caused by Mycobacterium shinshuense: Successful identification of mycobacterium strain by 16S ribosomal RNA 3′-end sequencing

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Funakoshi, T ^a   Kazumi, Y ^b   Okada, R ^a   Nishimoto, K ^a   Saito, M ^a   Amagai, M ^a   Shimura, H ^c   Ohyama, M ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SHINSHUENSE; NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ULCER;

EID: 72549095695     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03442.x     Document Type: Article

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