Localized palmar vancomycin-induced linear IgA bullous dermatosis occurring at supratherapeutic levels

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-604

  Walsh, Sarah N ^a   Kerchner, Katherine ^b   Sangüeza, Omar P ^b  

^a WCP Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; BLISTER; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; HAND PALM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; VESICULAR RASH;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BACTEREMIA; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT C3; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 66149120963     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.68     Document Type: Letter

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