Avoiding a rash diagnosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 466-471

  Reznicek, Julie E ^a   Mason, William J ^a   Kaul, Daniel R ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^b,c   Bloch, Karen C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BRIMONIDINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CETIRIZINE; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; DICYCLOVERINE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DORZOLAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUNISOLIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MIRTAZAPINE; NITROGEN; OMEPRAZOLE; OXYGEN; RANITIDINE; SIMVASTATIN; SODIUM; UREA; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIVERTICULOSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALLING; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLAUCOMA; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRRITABLE COLON; KITTEN; LETHARGY; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PANIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; RIGIDITY; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UNSTEADINESS; URBAN AREA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LETHARGY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

EID: 79551507251     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps0906691     Document Type: Review

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