Outbreak of mesotherapy-associated cutaneous infections caused by Mycobacterium chelonae in Colombia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-145

  Correa, Nidia E ^a,c   Cataño, Juan Carlos ^b   Mejía, Gloria Isabel ^a,c   Realpe, Teresa ^a,c   Orozco, Beatriz ^c   Estrada, Santiago ^d   Vélez, Alejandro ^c,e   Vélez, Lázaro ^b   Barón, Paulina ^a   Guzmán, Angela ^a   Robledo, Jaime ^a,c  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^d Laboratorio Clinico Hematologico   (Colombia)

^e HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950635967     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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