Scabies and pyodermas - Diagnosis and treatment

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 466-474

  Hay, R J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Pyoderma; Scabies; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BENZYL BENZOATE; CEFALEXIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CROTAMITON; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRAMYCETIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IVERMECTIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; MICONAZOLE; NEOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; PERMETHRIN; POLYTRIM; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAXIMIN; SULCONAZOLE; SULFIRAM; SULFUR; SULTAMICILLIN; TEA TREE OIL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG COST; ECZEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FILARIASIS; FLUSHING; HEALTH CARE; HONEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PEDICULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYODERMA; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PRURITUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TACHYCARDIA; TROPICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PYODERMA; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70449384363     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Review

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