Nonhemolytic, nonmotile gram-positive rods indicative of Bacillus anthracis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1013-1015

  Dib, Elie G ^a,b   Dib, Samar A ^a   Korkmaz, Dany A ^a   Mobarakai, Neville K ^a   Glaser, Jordan B ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0042626514     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.030205     Document Type: Article

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