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Treatment of Mycobacterium chelonae infection with controlled localized heating
1Section of Dermatology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
An immunocompetent man acquired a localized cutaneous infection caused by the atypical mycobacterium Mycobacterium chelonae. This was successfully treated with controlled localized heating with a hand-held radiofrequency heat generator. Possible mechanisms of effects of heat on this organism are discussed.