Common skin infections in the elderly

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-283+287

  Cottam, John A ^a   Shenefelt, Philip D ^a   Sinnott, John T ^a   Stevens, Gary L ^b   Cancio, Margarita ^a   Sakalosky, Pamela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Infection dermatologic; Infection, fungal; Infection, parasitic; Skin

Indexed keywords

AGING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLISTER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 2442748169     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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