Current concepts on animal bites: Bacteriology and therapy

Current Clinical Topics in Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue 19, 1999, Pages 99-111

  Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BITE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RABIES; REVIEW; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; BITES, HUMAN; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMATES; RABIES; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032602072     PISSN: 01953842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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