Ehrlichiosis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-136

  Fritz, C L ^a   Glaser, C A ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW; SPECIES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031919518     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70413-X     Document Type: Article

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