Exaggerated insect bite reaction exacerbated by a pyogenic infection in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Walker, Patrick ^a   Long, Dorota ^a   James, Craig ^b   Marshman, Gillian ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Adelaide Pathology Partners   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic cellulitis; Eosinophilic eruption of haemoproliferative disease; Exaggerated insect bite like reaction; Wells' syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CHLORAMBUCIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FEXOFENADINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUDARABINE; IBUPROFEN; PREDNISOLONE; PROMETHAZINE; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LEG SWELLING; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VASCULITIS; WELLS SYNDROME;

AGED; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEG; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 34547611956     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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