Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9182, 1999, Pages 880-881

  Farrell, A M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0033546945     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90120-4     Document Type: Note

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