Tropical leg ulcers in children: more than yaws

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 90-93

  Fegan, David ^a   Glennon, Mary Jacqueline ^b   Kool, Jacob ^c   Taleo, Fasihah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Raymond Tce South Brisbane Brisbane   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NTD Coordinator   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; disease control; skin and connective tissue; treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; HUMAN; PAPILLOMA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TROPHIC ULCER; YAWS; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEG ULCER; MICROBIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VANUATU;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VANUATU; YAWS;

EID: 84952719711     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475515599326     Document Type: Article

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