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...
| Published in: | Medical Clinics of North America |
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| Language: | English |
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Published by Elsevier Inc.
2009
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9628773/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19932331 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2009.08.009 |
| Summary: | 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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