Early congenital syphilis and erythema multiforme-like bullous targetoid lesions in a 1-day-old newborn: Detection of Treponema pallidum genomic DNA from the targetoid plaque using nested polymerase chain reaction

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Wu, Chao Chang ^a   Tsai, Chi Neu ^b   Wong, Wen Rou ^a,c   Hong, Hong Shang ^a,c   Chuang, Ya Hui ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACK; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DERMATITIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSKERATOSIS; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FACE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; STAINING; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BIOPSY; BLISTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33745686187     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.11.1062     Document Type: Article

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