Common skin infections in travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 252-262

  Hochedez, Patrick ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMONY; BENZYL BENZOATE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MILTEFOSINE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PERMETHRIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BITE; CELLULITIS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FILARIASIS; FOLLICULITIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOOKWORM RELATED CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOSIS; MYIASIS; PRURITUS; PYODERMA; RASH; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCABIES; SCRUB TYPHUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TRAVEL; TUNGIASIS; URTICARIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 47649130466     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00206.x     Document Type: Review

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