Bacteriologic studies of skin, tissue fluid, lymph, and lymph nodes in patients with filarial lymphedema

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-15

  Olszewski, W L ^a   Jamal, S ^b   Manokaran, G ^c   Pani, S ^d   Kumaraswami, V ^e   Kubicka, U ^a   Lukomska, B ^a   Dworczynski, A ^f   Swoboda, E ^f   Meisel Mikolajczyk, F ^f  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b Thanjavur Medical College   (India)

^c APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

^d VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRUGIA MALAYI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA MALAYI; MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030793219     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.7     Document Type: Article

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