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. 2005 Feb;11(2):352-4.

doi: 10.3201/eid1102.040902.

Mycobacterium chelonae skin infection in kidney-pancreas recipient

Ingrid Stelzmueller, Karin M Dunst, Silke Wiesmayr, Robert Zangerie, Paul Hengster, Hugo Bonatti

PMID: 15759344
PMCID: PMC3320448
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040902

Case Reports

Mycobacterium chelonae skin infection in kidney-pancreas recipient

Ingrid Stelzmueller et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Feb.

. 2005 Feb;11(2):352-4.

doi: 10.3201/eid1102.040902.

Authors

Ingrid Stelzmueller, Karin M Dunst, Silke Wiesmayr, Robert Zangerie, Paul Hengster, Hugo Bonatti

PMID: 15759344
PMCID: PMC3320448
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040902

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Skin biopsy of the lesion showed granulomatous infection with Mycobacterium chelonae (Ziehl-Neelsen stain, x40).

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