A 16-year-old girl with recent disseminated gonococcemia now presenting with a facial rash

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-227

  Walters, Nicole ^a   Butani, Lavjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 13944281672     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61299-9     Document Type: Article

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