Chronic dermatomycoses of the foot as risk factors for acute bacterial cellulitis of the leg: A case-control study

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-307

  Roujeau, Jean Claude ^a   Sigurgeirsson, Bardur ^c   Korting, Hans Christian ^d   Kerl, Helmut ^e   Paul, Carle ^b,f  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e University Eye Clinic   (Austria)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulitis; Foot dermatomycosis; Onychomycosis; Risk factors; Tinea pedis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TINEA PEDIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TINEA PEDIS;

EID: 8344286440     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080853     Document Type: Article

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