Tularemia with vesicular skin lesions may be mistaken for infection with herpes viruses

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Byington, Carrie L ^a   Bender, Jeffrey M ^a   Ampofo, Krow ^a   Pavia, Andrew T ^a   Korgenski, Kent ^b   Daly, Judy ^b   Christenson, John C ^c   Adderson, Elisabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TULAREMIA; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 46249119689     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588843     Document Type: Article

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