Dracunculiasis: Report of an imported case in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 749-750

  Spring, Michele ^a   Spearman, Paul ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DRACUNCULIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG ULCER; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030823796     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516946     Document Type: Article

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