Perineal streptococcal dermatitis/disease: Recognition and management

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 555-560

  Herbst, Rudolf A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLIOQUINOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN V; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTISEPSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VULVA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PERINEUM; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINAL DISEASES; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 0041662200     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200304080-00005     Document Type: Review

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