Infections in the elderly

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Scheinfeld, Noah ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOROLFINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CICLOPIROX; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TERBINAFINE; UREA; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION; INTERTRIGO; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 29844447771     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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