Gastrointestinal Anthrax: Review of the Literature

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2527-2531

  Beatty, Mark E ^a,b   Ashford, David A ^a   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Tauxe, Robert V ^a   Sobel, Jeremy ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0242507501     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.20.2527     Document Type: Review

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