Importance of distinguishing between cellulitis and varicose eczema of the leg

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7199, 1999, Pages 1672-1673

  Quartey Papafio, C M ^a  

^a PILGRIM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COST; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASE; VARICOSIS;

AGED; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0033583846     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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