Norwegian scabies in immunosuppressed patient misdiagnosed as an adverse drug reaction

Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 121-123

  Svecova, Danka ^a   Chmurova, N ^a   Pallova, A ^a   Babal, P ^a  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Drug allergy; Immunosuppressed patient; Parasitic infestation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IVERMECTIN; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; LACIDIPINE; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFUR;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFESTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; NORWEGIAN SCABIES; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIURETICS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SCABIES;

EID: 69249187782     PISSN: 12107913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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