Update on Cutaneous Manifestations of Infectious Diseases

Many emerging pathogens present in the skin and are of interest to dermatologists. Recent epidemics of measles, avian flu, and SARS demonstrated how an organism can rapidly spread worldwide because of airline travel. Travelers are often contagious before they are aware that they have the disease, co...

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Autor principal: Elston, Dirk M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Inc. 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9628773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19932331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2009.08.009
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Sumario:Many emerging pathogens present in the skin and are of interest to dermatologists. Recent epidemics of measles, avian flu, and SARS demonstrated how an organism can rapidly spread worldwide because of airline travel. Travelers are often contagious before they are aware that they have the disease, contributing to the spread. This article reviews bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens important to dermatologists.

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