Culture and immunohistochemical evidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in ulcerative pyoderma gangrenosum

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 966-969

  Sams, Hunter H ^a   Mitchell, William M ^a   Stratton, Charles W ^a   King Jr , Lloyd E ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFALEXIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DICLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSTIC BURN; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0038792651     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.305     Document Type: Article

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