Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Identified by Repeated Skin Sampling and Molecular Methods in a Patient
Reiko Tsutsumi1, Nanako Yamada, Yuichi Yoshida
1Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-cho, Yonago-shi,, Tottori 683-8503, Japan. r-ttm@med.tottori-u.ac.jp.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
|July 1, 2015
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