Linear IgA bullous dermatosis: A rare side effect of vancomycin

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-399

  Selvaraj, Pradeep K ^a   Khasawneh, Faisal A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEG FRACTURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LINEAR IGA BULLOUS DERMATOSIS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; LINEAR IGA BULLOUS DERMATOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84884680411     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.01.7.1535     Document Type: Article

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