Topical treatment with incision and antiseptic may prevent the severity of Japan spotted fever

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 835-836

  Kondo, Makoto ^a   Kurokawa, Ichiro ^b   Yamanaka, Kei Ichi ^b   Akachi, Shigehiro ^c   Nishii, Masami ^a  

^a Ise Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Health and Environment Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHEMA; ESCHAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCISION; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; JAPAN SPOTTED FEVER; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; POVIDONE-IODINE; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956196491     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Letter

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