Ecthyma gangrenosum: A rare cutaneous manifestation of a potentially fatal disease

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 462-464

  Solowski, Nancy L ^a,b   Agarwal, Anurag ^a,c   Yao, Francisca Brunelle ^a,b   Nagorsky, Matthew ^a,d  

^a Drexel Univ College of Medicine ^*

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bacterial skin disease; Ecthyma; Necrosis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN SULFATE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NOSE ALA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 2942685022     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300609     Document Type: Article

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