Successful treatment of dissecting cellulitis with ciprofloxacin

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Onderdijk, A J ^a   Boer, J ^a  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ISOTRETINOIN; KERATIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSECTING CELLULITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 70349513664     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03595.x     Document Type: Letter

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