title: Mycobacterial infection of the hand: clinical features and functional results.
abstract: The clinical and laboratory features of twenty-eight patients with mycobacterial infection of hand are presented and discussed. Hand function assessment in fourteen patients showed that the majority had satisfactory results. The possibility of atypical mycobacterial infection is emphasised.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000209:etiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis