Cutaneous anthrax associated with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and coagulopathy in a 7-month-old infant

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 869-874

  Freedman, Abigail ^a   Afonja, Olubunmi ^a   Chang, Mary Wu ^a   Mostashari, Farzad ^a   Blaser, Martin ^a   Perez Perez, Guillermo ^a   Lazarus, Herb ^a   Schacht, Robert ^a   Guttenberg, Jane ^a   Traister, Michael ^a   Borkowsky, William ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; SPIDER VENOM;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0037138780     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.7.869     Document Type: Article

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