Streptococcal Intertrigo: An Underrecognized Condition in Children

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1427-1429

  Honig, Paul J ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^b   Kim, Ho Jin ^c   Yan, Albert C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infants; Skin infection; Streptococcal intertrigo

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERTRIGO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERTRIGO; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0348111435     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.6.1427     Document Type: Article

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