Scleroderma digital ulcers complicated by infection with fecal pathogens

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-297

  Giuggioli, Dilia ^a   Manfredi, Andreina ^a   Colaci, Michele ^a   Lumetti, Federica ^a   Ferri, Clodoveo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL ULCER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION; FECES; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 84858058108     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20673     Document Type: Article

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