Upper extremity mycobacterium chelonae cutaneous infection

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Panossian, Andre ^a,c   Cohen, Myles J ^b   Posalski, Irving ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79958741476     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318213a27b     Document Type: Letter

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