Tattoo ink-related infections - Awareness, diagnosis, reporting, and prevention

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 985-987

  LeBlanc, Pamela M ^a   Hollinger, Katherine A ^a   Klontz, Karl C ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INK; MACROLIDE;

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; TATTOOING;

EID: 84866128209     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1206063     Document Type: Article

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