Cutaneous Mycobacterium haemophilum infection in a kidney transplant recipient after acupuncture treatment

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Castro Silva, A N ^a,b   Freire, A O ^c   Grinbaum, R S ^b   Elmor De Araujo M R ^b   Abensur, H ^b   Araujo M R T ^b   Romao J E ^b   Sampaio, J L M ^d   Noronha, I L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Microbiology Section   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Mycobacterium haemophilum; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CUTANEOUS MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79551659105     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2010.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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