Ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions in a healthy child after infection treated with antibiotics

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 453-456

  Ishikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Sakurai, Yoshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Maki ^a   Daikoku, Natsuko ^a   Ishihara, Takashi ^a   Nakajima, Mitsuru ^a   Miyagawa, Sachiko ^a   Yoshioka, Akira ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ECTHYMA; ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN BIOPSY; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; SKIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFACLOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECTHYMA; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PHARYNGITIS; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644816280     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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