If you can't stand the rash, get out of the kitchen: An unusual adverse reaction to ciprofloxacin

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 449-450

  Jaffé, Adam ^a   Bush, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Cystic fibrosis; Indoor lighting; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033397371     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199912)28:6<449::AID-PPUL11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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