Fire ant attacks on residents in health care facilities: A report of two cases

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 424-429

  DeShazo, Richard D ^a   Williams, David F ^b   Moak, Edward S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ANT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT BITE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033592314     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-6-199909210-00005     Document Type: Article

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