Prevention, diagnosis, and management of diaper dermatitis

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 480-486

  Nield, Linda S ^a   Kamat, Deepak ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CICLOPIROX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DESONIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; MICONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; NYSTATIN; PIMECROLIMUS; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SUCRALFATE; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VUSION; ZINC OXIDE;

BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CLEANING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPER; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SHIGELLOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THRUSH; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVOVAGINITIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; DIAPER RASH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250313238     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806292409     Document Type: Note

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