Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection induced nodular vasculitis

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-267

  Sakuma, H ^a   Niiyama, S ^a   Amoh, Y ^a   Katsuoka, K ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Erythema induratum; Erythema nodosum

Indexed keywords

CEFDINIR; CEFTAZIDIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84855276243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335377     Document Type: Article

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