A case of human orf contracted from a deer

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Kuhl, John T ^a   Huerter, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Hashish, Hisham ^a,b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c Division of Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEER; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0347513516     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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