Case of Buruli ulcer due to Mycobacterium ulcerans ssp. shinshuense with distal cutaneous involvement and synovitis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-83

  Matsumura, Yumi ^a   Taki, Reiko ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ENVIOMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PANNICULITIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BURULI ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84855348201     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01215.x     Document Type: Letter

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