Mycobacterium abscessus skin infection after tattooing: First case report and review of the literature

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Bechara, Chadi ^a,b   MacHeras, Edouard ^c,d   Heym, Beate ^c,d   Pages, Adele ^a   Auffret, Nicole ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium abscessus; Tattoo infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NEUTROPHIL; PAPULE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN INFECTION; TATTOOING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRISTINAMYCIN; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 77955712665     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313974     Document Type: Article

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