Myositis and septicaemia caused by Francisella tularensis biovar holarctica

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 511-512

  Eliasson, Henrik ^a   Bäck, Erik ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LABORATORY TEST; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEPTICEMIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 0141427825     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310000328328     Document Type: Article

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