Seabather's eruption: A clinical and epidemiological study of 38 cases in Santa Catarina State, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-175

  Rossetto, André Luiz ^a,e   Dellatorre, Gerson ^a   Da Silveira, Fábio Lang ^b   Haddad Jr , Vidal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^e Vida Centro Médico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Dermatitis; Linuche unguiculata; Seabather's eruption; Venomous marine animals, Brazil

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DESONIDE; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; DIPYRONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LORATADINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SEA WATER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LINUCHE UNGUICULATA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAPULE; PLANULA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEABATHER ERUPTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOM; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCYPHOZOA; SEASONS; SEAWATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650073114     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000300008     Document Type: Article

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