Cutaneous infection by Mycobacterium haemophilum and kansasii in an IgA-deficient man

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bekou, Vassiliki ^a   Büchau, Amanda ^a   Flaig, Michael J ^a   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Hogardt, Michael ^b,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; RIFABUTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN NODULE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; BIOPSY; DRUG COMBINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; RIFABUTIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 78951473903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-11-3     Document Type: Article

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