A distinctive cutaneous reaction pattern indicative of infection by reactive arthropathy-associated microbial pathogens: The superantigen ID reaction

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 538-544

  Magro, C M ^a   Crowson, A N ^b  

^a Ameripath Cutaneous Pathol F   (United States)

^b Misericordia Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SUPERANTIGEN;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMATITIS; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GENITAL ULCER; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH ULCER; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UVEITIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031742298     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01737.x     Document Type: Article

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