Persistent perianal abscess in early infancy as a presentation of autoimmune neutropenia

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 428-430

  Lejkowski, Marisa ^a   Maheshwari, Akhil ^a   Calhoun, Darlene A ^a   Christensen, Robert D ^a   Skoda Smith, Suzanne ^b   Dabrow, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PERIANAL ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANUS DISEASES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR, RECOMBINANT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0041695142     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210952     Document Type: Article

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