Experimental infection of human volunteers with Haemophilus ducreyi: Fifteen years of clinical data and experience

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1671-1679

  Janowicz, Diane M ^a,b   Ofner, Susan ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 435 Emerson Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; ULCUS MOLLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHANCROID; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650691783     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598966     Document Type: Article

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