Herpes compunctorum: Cutaneous herpes simplex virus infection complicating tattooing

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 598-

  Marshall, Catherine S ^a   Murphy, Felicity ^a   McCarthy, Shannon E ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a,b  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HERPES COMPUNCTORUM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TATTOOING; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; TATTOOING;

EID: 38449093059     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01435.x     Document Type: Letter

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