Ecthyma gangrenosum occurring at sites of iatrogenic trauma in pediatric oncology patients

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-63

  Murphy, O ^a   Marsh, P J ^a   Gray, J ^a   Pedler, S J ^a   Kernahan, J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ecthyma gangrenosum; iatrogenic; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ECTHYMA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN INFECTION;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029862944     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199607)27:1<62::AID-MPO12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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