Kawasaki disease in a US army soldier highlights surveillance [2]

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-84

  Chang, Chih ^a   Wood, Joseph C ^a   Strickling, William A ^a   Walsh, Douglas S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ERUPTION; ERYTHEMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PENIS DISEASE; PERINEUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXFOLIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TONGUE DISEASE; ULCER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645971306     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02572.x     Document Type: Letter

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