Refractory hand ulceration: A case of chronic ulceration and sporotrichoid spread in a fish tank hobbyist following mycobacterium marinum infection

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Salik, D ^a   Del Marmol, V ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic ulceration; Fish; Mycobacterium marinum; Sporotrichoid lesions

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLAMINAL HYDRO; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELBOW; ERYTHEMA; FISH; FOREARM; GASTRITIS; GIANT CELL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAND INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NEUTROPHIL; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

EID: 80052775631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329915     Document Type: Article

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