Bacteria as agents of biowarfare: How to proceed when the worst is suspected

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-70

  Tjaden, Jeffrey A ^a   Lazarus, Angeline A ^a   Martin, Gregory J ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTHRAX VACCINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL HEMISUCCINATE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PLAGUE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036674026     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2002.08.1275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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