Diagnostic difficulties in febrile travellers returning from the tropics. Two cases of typhoid fever imported from India;Trudności diagnostyczne u gora̧czkuja̧tcych powracaja̧cych z tropiku. Dwa przypadki duru brzusznego importowanego z Indii

Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski

Volumn 13, Issue 78, 2002, Pages 509-515

  Kacprzak, Elzbieta ^a   Stefaníak, Jerzy ^a   Skoryna Karcz, Barbara ^a   Wojtacha, Anna ^a   Bolewska, Beata ^a   Juszczyk, Jacek ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Imported infections; Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

BIOTAKSYM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPRINOL; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TRAVEL; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0036968371     PISSN: 14269686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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