Cutaneous Anthrax in Adults: A Review of 25 Cases in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Demirdag, K ^a   Ozden, M ^a   Saral, Y ^a   Kalkan, A ^a   Kilic, S S ^a   Ozdarendeli, A ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0141956451     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-003-3169-3     Document Type: Review

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