Herpes simplex infection and colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa complicating pulsed-dye laser treatment [3]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 760-761

  Owens III, Wythe Wyndham ^a   Lang, Pearon Gordon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFALEXIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; LETTER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN ABRASION; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; PORT-WINE STAIN; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 2942525919     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.760     Document Type: Letter

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