Cutaneous tuberculosis mimicking erysipelas of the lower leg in a heart transplant recipient

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sattinger, Edgar ^a   Meyer, Sven ^a   Costard Jäckle, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYSIPELAS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ERYSIPELAS; ETHAMBUTOL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LEG; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 79955557615     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01218.x     Document Type: Letter

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