Treatment of cutaneous sporotrichosis with one daily dose of potassium iodide

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 352-354

  Cabezas, Cesar ^a   Bustamante, Beatriz ^a   Holgado, Walter ^b   Begue, Rodolfo E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Centro Medico Santa Teresa   (Peru)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

fungi; potassium iodide; Sporotrichosis; treatment

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; SKIN INFECTION; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TASTE DISORDER; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POTASSIUM IODIDE; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0029920365     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00014     Document Type: Article

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