Treatment of tularemia with fluoroquinolones: Two cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 922-924

  Limaye, Ajit P ^a,b   Hooper, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0033511917     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520458     Document Type: Article

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