Cutaneous manifestations of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: Morbilliform eruptions may reflect a favorable outcome and not low platelet levels

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-524

  Akyol, Melih ^a   Özçelik, Sedat ^a   Engin, Aynur ^a   Hayta, Sibel Berksoy ^a   Biçici, Fatma ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE DURATION; ECCHYMOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEASLES LIKE RASH; NAIRO VIRUS; PETECHIA; PRURITUS; PURPURA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAIROVIRUS; SKIN DISEASE; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; SKIN DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 77954745695     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0973     Document Type: Letter

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