title: Repeated skin sampling and prolonged incubation period identified cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection on the face in an immunocompetent man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamade
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013048:Specimen Handling