Tularemic meningitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-441

  Rodgers, Benjamin L ^a,b   Duffield, Robin P ^a   Taylor, Toby ^a   Jacobs, Richard F ^a   Schutze, Gordon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PAPULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TULAREMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0031782415     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199805000-00025     Document Type: Article

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