Fever and penis ulcer in an 87-year-old man [5]

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-398

  Stucker, Fabien ^a   Masouyé, Isabelle ^a   Toutous Trellu, Laurence ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Genital ulcer; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PENILE DISEASES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33745699384     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092298     Document Type: Letter

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