A retrospective review of streptococcal infections in pediatric atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-234

  Sugarman, Jeffrey L ^a,c   Hersh, Adam L ^a   Okamura, Tessie ^b   Howard, Renee ^a   Frieden, Ilona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b John Muir Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79958072204     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01377.x     Document Type: Review

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