Atypical exanthems: Morphology and laboratory investigations may lead to an aetiological diagnosis in about 70% of cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-260

  Drago, F ^a   Rampini, P ^b   Rampini, E ^b   Rebora, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Exanthems; Rash; Virus

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PETECHIA; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; RASH; RECTUM; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; URTICARIA; VAGINA; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PRURITUS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 0036378057     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04826.x     Document Type: Article

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