Tungiasis in New York

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 276-278

  Mashek, Helen ^a   Licznerski, Barbara ^a   Pincus, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; DICLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMIGRANT; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SOMALIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FLEAS; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; KENYA; NEW YORK; SOMALIA;

EID: 0030952841     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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