Photolocalized purpura during levofloxacin therapy

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-107

  Rubegni, Pietro ^a   Feci, Luca ^a   Pellegrino, Michele ^a   Fimiani, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Levofloxacin; Photoallergy; Photosensitivity; Purpura

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; HEPARINOID; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOLAR CAPILLARITIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; PURPURA; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84858228727     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2012.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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