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Purpura fulminans treated with hyperbaric oxygen. 1970

J A Kuzemko, and R E Loder

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D011239	Prednisolone	A glucocorticoid with the general properties of the corticosteroids. It is the drug of choice for all conditions in which routine systemic corticosteroid therapy is indicated, except adrenal deficiency states.	Di-Adreson-F,Predate,Predonine,Di Adreson F,DiAdresonF
D011693	Purpura	Purplish or brownish red discoloration, easily visible through the epidermis, caused by hemorrhage into the tissues. When the size of the discolorization is >2-3 cm it is generally called Ecchymoses (ECCHYMOSIS).	Petechiae,Purpuras
D003023	Cloxacillin	A semi-synthetic antibiotic that is a chlorinated derivative of OXACILLIN.	Chloroxacillin,Sodium Cloxacillin,Cloxacillin Sodium,Syntarpen,Tegopen,Cloxacillin, Sodium,Sodium, Cloxacillin
D005672	Fusidic Acid	An antibiotic isolated from the fermentation broth of Fusidium coccineum. (From Merck Index, 11th ed). It acts by inhibiting translocation during protein synthesis.	Fucithalmic,Fusidate Sodium,Fusidic Acid, Sodium Salt,Fusidin,Silver Fusidate,Sodium Fusidate,Stanicide,Acid, Fusidic,Fusidate, Silver,Fusidate, Sodium,Sodium, Fusidate
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006931	Hyperbaric Oxygenation	The therapeutic intermittent administration of oxygen in a chamber at greater than sea-level atmospheric pressures (three atmospheres). It is considered effective treatment for air and gas embolisms, smoke inhalation, acute carbon monoxide poisoning, caisson disease, clostridial gangrene, etc. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). The list of treatment modalities includes stroke.	Oxygenation, Hyperbaric,Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy,Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies,Hyperbaric Oxygenations,Oxygen Therapies, Hyperbaric,Oxygen Therapy, Hyperbaric,Oxygenations, Hyperbaric,Therapies, Hyperbaric Oxygen,Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen

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