Epidemiology of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in Germany

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 700-703

  Mockenhaupt, Maja ^a   Idzko, Marco ^b   Grosber, Marline ^a   Schöpf, Erwin ^a   Norgauer, Johannes ^c  

^a Dokum Ztr Schwerer Hautreaktionen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Epidemiology; Mortality rate; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 16844372270     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23642.x     Document Type: Article

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