Pulse Therapy with Amikacin and Dapsone for the Treatment of Actinomycotic Foot: A Case Report

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 742-747

  Sharma, Neelu ^a,b   Mendiratta, Vibhu ^a   Sharma, Ravi Chandra ^a   Hemal, Upma ^a   Verma, Monica ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycetoma; Amikacin; Dapsone; Treatment of actinomycetoma

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; GENTAMICIN; LEVAMISOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEA INJURY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FISTULA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN CULTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREMOR; VOMITING;

EID: 0242711288     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00470.x     Document Type: Article

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