Tropical dermatology: Marine and aquatic dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 733-750

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a   Lupi, Omar ^b   Lonza, Juan Pedro ^c   Tyring, Stephen K ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cnidarians; contact dermatitis; crustaceans; envenomation; fish; mollusks

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; FRESH WATER; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; COELENTERATE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DIVING; ECHINODERM; ENVENOMATION; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; MARINE SPECIES; MOLLUSC; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TOXIC FISH; VERTEBRATE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WORM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FISHES; HUMANS; MYCOSES; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VENOMS;

EID: 70350000870     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.01.046     Document Type: Review

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