Otomastoiditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, The Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-168

  Van Ingen, Jakko ^a,b   Looijmans, Frank ^a   Mirck, Piet ^c   Dekhuijzen, Richard ^a   Boeree, Martin ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS; OTOMASTOIDITIS; RETROAURICULAR ABSCESS; RPOB GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 73949126843     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.090473     Document Type: Letter

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