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Hemorrhagic pustules in an Aboriginal man

Authors :
Philippe Lagacé-Wiens
John M. Embil
Kerry MacDonald
Source :
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 186(8)
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

A 68-year-old Aboriginal man who lived in northwestern Ontario presented to a local hospital with back pain and fever. Over the past several days, crops of vesicopustular lesions, primarily affecting his extremities, had developed. The lesions gradually became hemorrhagic and tender. He was unaware

Details

ISSN :
14882329
Volume :
186
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....931d2a65c3d533fbf034a805db748faf