Neonatal purpura fulminans due to methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 266-267

  Verma, Prashant ^a   Pandhi, Deepika ^a   Yadav, Pravesh ^a   Dhawan, Amit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; DICLOXACILLIN; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FULMINATING PURPURA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEONATAL PURPURA FULMINANS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PURPURA FULMINANS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874940157     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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