Lucio's phenomenon: A report of three cases seen in Johor, Malaysia

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 984-988

  Choon, Siew Eng ^a   Tey, Kwee Eng ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FINGER INJURY; GANGRENE; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUCIO PHENOMENOM; LUCIO PHENOMENON; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PURPURIC RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN ULCER; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SWELLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249142904     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04078.x     Document Type: Article

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