Bacterial skin infections in children: The common and the not so common

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-35

  Mancini, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CARBUNCLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DERMATITIS; ECTHYMA; ERYSIPELAS; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; PARONYCHIA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0033984426     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20000101-07     Document Type: Review

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