Rare systemic dermatologic reaction after pneumococcal vaccine administration

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-65

  Holdiness, Mack R ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lakeside Medical Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PETECHIA; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA;

AGED; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRURITUS; PURPURA; URTICARIA;

EID: 0037280124     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047623.79071.45     Document Type: Article

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