Anthrax, tularemia, plague, ebola or smallpox as agents of bioterrorism: Recognition in the emergency room

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 489-503

  Cunha, B A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Ebola; Plague; Smallpox; Tularemia; Zoonoses; Zoonotic Atypical pneumonias

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LEVOFLOXACIN; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFECTION; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; EBOLA VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; SALMONELLA; VARIOLA VIRUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0036672014     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00496.x     Document Type: Review

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