Panniculitis as the initial manifestation of brucellosis: A case report

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-171

  Tanyel, Esra ^a   Fisgin, Nuriye Tasdelen ^a   Yildiz, Levent ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Doganci, Levent ^a   Tulek, Necla ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cutaneous manifestation; Panniculitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANNICULITIS; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN ULCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 41149136106     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816563f5     Document Type: Article

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