Successive development of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa, leucocytoclastic vasculitis and Sweet's syndrome in a patient with cervical lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1096-1100

  Chen, H H ^a   Hsiao, C H ^a   Chiu, Hsien Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical lymphadenitis; Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Sweet's syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VASCULITIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SWEET'S SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 9644303189     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06201.x     Document Type: Article

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