Mycobacterium marinum skin infection with tenosynovitis successfully treated with doxycycline

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Osorio, Filipa ^a   Magina, Sofia ^a,b   Carvalho, Teresa ^a   Goncalves, Maria Helena ^a   Azevedo, Filomena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACANTHOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRURITUS; RANGE OF MOTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PAIN; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TENOSYNOVITIS; ARM; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM; DOXYCYCLINE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 77958147534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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