Pustular neutrophilic dermatoses and rapidly growing mycobacterium infection with bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-355

  Fujisawa, Akihiro ^a   Matsumura, Yumi ^a   Kambe, Naotomo ^a   Fujii, Hidetaka ^a   Tachibana, Takao ^a   Mio, Tadashi ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cervical lymphadenopathy; Disseminated pustulosis; Prominent leukocytosis; Rapidly growing mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FROPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ERUPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULAR NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; PUSTULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; NECK; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144498467     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084766     Document Type: Article

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