Acute infectious urticaria: Clinical and laboratory analysis in nineteen patients

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Sakurai, Michiyo ^a,c   Oba, Misao ^a   Matsumoto, Kentaro ^a   Tokura, Yoshiki ^b   Furukawa, Fukumi ^b   Takigawa, Masahiro ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Infection; Steroid; T cell receptor; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSFOMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0034049675     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02127.x     Document Type: Article

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