Pustular dermatitis caused by Dermatophilus congolensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1655-1658

  Burd, Eileen M ^a,c   Juzych, Lydia A ^a   Rudrik, James T ^b   Habib, Fadi ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DERMATOPHILUS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HAND WASHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALEXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

DERMATOPHILUS CONGOLENSIS;

EID: 34248594095     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00327-07     Document Type: Article

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