Facial Sweet's syndrome mimicking rosacea fulminans

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Anavekar, Namrata S ^a   Williams, Richard ^a   Chong, Alvin H ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis; Facial eruption; Facial rash; Pyoderma faciale

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLIOQUINOL; HYDROCORTISONE; ICHTHAMMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMATOSQUAMOUS SKIN DISEASE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALAISE; MALE; ROSACEA FULMINANS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; ROSACEA; SWEET'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33846025412     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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