Amoebiasis cutis: Clinical suspicion is the key to early diagnosis

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-55

  Verma, Ghanshyam K ^a   Sharma, Nand Lal ^b   Shanker, Vinay ^a   Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Kaushik, Rajani ^a   Verma, Santwana ^a   Jindal, Nidhi ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Dr RP Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Cutaneous amoebiasis; Entamoeba histolytica; Intestinal amoebiasis; Non healing ulcers

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; EOSIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBIASIS CUTIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; SKIN ULCER; SUPPURATION; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 76149130368     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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