A cutaneous diphtheria ulcer incurred in the tropics;Een ulcus uit de tropen; cutane difterie

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 140, Issue 48, 1996, Pages 2414-2416

  Werdmuller, B F M ^a   Brakman, M ^a   Vreede, R W ^a  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 0029830876     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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