Necrotic skin lesions caused by pet rats in two teenagers;Lésions cutanées nécrotiques liées au Cowpox virus inoculé par des rats de compagnie

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-164

  Mancaux, J ^a   Vervel, C ^a   Bachour, N ^a   Domart, Y ^a   Emond, J P ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Compiegne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COWPOX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SURGERY; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COWPOX; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PETS; RATS; SKIN;

EID: 79251624175     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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