Sweet's syndrome and erythema nodosum after Klebsiella pneumoniae cystitis [1]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-291

  Vaccaro, Mario ^a   Guarneri, Fabrizio ^a   Guarneri, Claudio ^a   Borgia, Francesco ^a   Cannavò, Serafinella P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PREDNISOLONE; SWEET'S SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0043172284     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310016562     Document Type: Letter

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