Tularemia presenting as community-acquired pneumonia: Implications in the era of managed care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2137-2140

  Fredricks, David N ^a   Remington, Jack S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COST; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0029859392     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.18.2137     Document Type: Article

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