Skin infections and infestations in geriatric patients

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-101

  Elgart, Mervyn L ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON A; BLEOMYCIN; BUPIVACAINE; CAFFEINE; CIDOFOVIR; CLINDAMYCIN; DENIVAR; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; IVERMECTIN; LIDOCAINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PENCICLOVIR; PENICILLIN G; PERMETHRIN; PHOTOFRIN; PREDNISONE; RETINOID; STROMECTAL; TETRACYCLINE; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CREAM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFESTATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LOUSE; LYME DISEASE; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0036141729     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(03)00036-3     Document Type: Review

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