Mapping biopsy procedure on management of severe buruli ulcer due to mycobacterium ulcerans, subspecies shinshuense

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 669-671

  Takahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Fujimoto, Noriki ^a   Nakanishi, Gen ^a   Ishii, Norihisa ^b   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; GENE INSERTION; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MAPPING BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BURULI ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84902286586     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.7497     Document Type: Letter

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