Clinical presentation of inhalational anthrax following bioterrorism exposure: Report of 2 surviving patients

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 2549-2553

  Mayer, Thom A ^a   Bersoff Matcha, Susan ^b   Murphy, Cecele ^a   Earls, James ^a   Harper, Scott ^c   Pauze, Denis ^a   Nguyen, Michael ^b   Rosenthal, Jonathan ^b   Cerva, Donald ^a   Druckenbrod, Glenn ^a   Hanfling, Dan ^a   Fatteh, Naaz ^b   Nayyar, Ashna ^a   Berman, Elise L ^a   Napoli, ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035965648     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.20.2549     Document Type: Article

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