Microbiology of infected pustular psoriasis lesions

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 579-581

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Frazier, Edith H ^a   Yeager, Joseph K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032815749     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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