Presentation of perianal group a Streptococcal infection as irritability among children

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-570

  Shouval, Dror S ^b   Schurr, Dani ^c   Nussinovitch, Moshe ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Ramot Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 53749106123     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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