Hot tub folliculitis or hot hand-foot syndrome caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 596-600

  Yu, Yue ^a   Cheng, Amy S ^a   Wang, Lawrence ^a   Dunne, W Michael ^a   Bayliss, Susan J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLICULITIS; FOOT PAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOT TUB FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PAPULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUSTULE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECREATION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34548540661     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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