Buruli ulcer caused by "Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense"

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 809-810

  Watanabe, Tessin ^a   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^b   Nakanaga, Kazue ^c   Ishii, Norihisa ^c   Nakashima, Keiko ^a   Shindo, Masahisa ^a   Yoshida, Yuichi ^a   Yamamoto, Osamu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURULI ULCER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; OFLOXACIN;

EID: 78649838351     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1067     Document Type: Letter

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