Fatal bullous pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-159

  Marzano, Angelo V ^a   Trevisan, Valentina ^a   Galloni, Chiara ^a   Alessi, Elvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; HORMONE; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GYNECOMASTIA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN ULCER; TESTIS SIZE;

BLISTER; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41949121799     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0346     Document Type: Letter

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