"Doughnut" granulomas from erythema nodosum in acute Q fever

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-242

  Argov, Ori ^a,b   Weintraub, Moshe ^a,b   Charach, Gideon ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doughnut granuloma; Erythema nodosum; Q fever

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY RASH; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PANNICULITIS; Q FEVER; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRANULOMA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COXIELLA BURNETII; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; Q FEVER;

EID: 43249124734     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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