Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic procedures-an emerging public health problem?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 251-253

  Apostolou, Andria ^a   Bolcen, Shanna J ^b   Dave, Vaidehi ^c   Jani, Nisha ^d   Lasker, Brent A ^b   Tan, Christina G ^a   Montana, Barbara ^a   Brown, June M ^b   Genese, Carol A ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Essex County Health Department   (United States)

^d Newark Department of Child and Family Well Being   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COSMETIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; TIGECYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA INFECTION; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84864123284     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis341     Document Type: Article

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