Index case of fatal inhalational anthrax due to bioterrorism in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 1607-1610

  Bush, Larry M ^a,d   Abrams, Barry H ^a   Beall, Anne ^b   Johnson, Caroline C ^c  

^a Infectious Disease Associates   (United States)

^b Integrated Regional Laboratories   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WAR;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOTERRORISM; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FATAL OUTCOME; FLORIDA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035969492     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012948     Document Type: Article

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