Mycobacterium chelonae infection: A complication of tattooing

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-142

  Sergeant, A ^a   Conaglen, P ^a   Laurenson, I F ^a   Claxton, P ^a   Mathers, M E ^a   Kavanagh, G M ^a   Tidman, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CUPRIAVIDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PAPULAR RASH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; TATTOOING;

ADULT; COSMETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TATTOOING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873735162     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2012.04421.x     Document Type: Article

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