SKIN INFECTION DUE TO INTENTIONAL SELF-INOCULATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-CHELONAE

Authors
BERGAMASCO P LECHEVALIER D MAGNIN J EULRY F
Citation
P. Bergamasco et al., SKIN INFECTION DUE TO INTENTIONAL SELF-INOCULATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-CHELONAE, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 74(23-26), 1998, pp. 984-985
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
74
Issue
23-26
Year of publication
1998
Pages
984 - 985
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1998)74:23-26<984:SIDTIS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 27-year-old immunocompetent female developed extensive Mycobacterium chelonae infection due to intentional self-inoculation. She was seeki ng to prolong sickness payments for reflex sympathetic dystrophy due t o a work-related injury. The literature on M. chelonae infections is r eviewed.