Cutaneous non-tuberculous Mycobacterial infections: A clinical and histopathological study of 17 cases from Lebanon

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Abbas, O ^a   Marrouch, N ^a   Kattar, M M ^a   Zeynoun, S ^a   Kibbi, A G ^a   Rached, R A ^a   Araj, G F ^a   Ghosn, S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

clarithromycin; clinical; cutaneous non tuberculous Mycobacterium infection; granulation tissue like changes; histological; Lebanon; minocycline; Mycobacterium marinum; NTM

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS NON TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DERMIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; LEBANON; LICHENOID; LIMB; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 78649991058     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03684.x     Document Type: Article

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