Unusual skin infections in military personnel

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 425-434

  Jappe, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALBENDAZOLE; ALLOPURINOL; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMIQUIMOD; ITRACONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; KETOCONAZOLE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PERMETHRIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; SUNSCREEN; TETANUS TOXOID; TETRACYCLINE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; FLEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HERPES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; INSECT BITE; LARVA MIGRANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOLDIER; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYIASIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036658317     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(02)00244-4     Document Type: Article

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