Identification of helicobacter pylori in skin biopsy of prurigo pigmentosa

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-448

  Missall, Tricia A ^a   Pruden, Samuel ^a   Nelson, Christine ^a   Fohn, Laurel ^a   Vidal, Claudia I ^a   Hurley, M Yadira ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

folliculitis; Helicobacter pylori; prurigo pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; DERMATITIS; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO PIGMENTOSA; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; UREA BREATH TEST; URTICARIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BREATH TESTS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; PRURIGO; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861824536     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318231ae4a     Document Type: Article

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