Acute dermal abscesses caused by Serratia marcescens

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 891-893

  Soria, Xavier ^a   Bielsa, Isabel ^b   Ribera, Miquel ^b   Herrero, María José ^c   Domingo, Helena ^b   Carrascosa, José Manuel ^b   Ferrándiz, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 41949129005     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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