Increased Detection of Rickettsialpox in a New York City Hospital Following the Anthrax Outbreak of 2001: Use of Immunohistochemistry for the Rapid Confirmation of Cases in an Era of Bioterrorism

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1545-1552

  Koss, Tamara ^a   Carter, Eric L ^a   Grossman, Marc E ^a   Silvers, David N ^a   Rabinowitz, Asher D ^a   Singleton Jr , Joseph ^b   Zaki, Sherif R ^c   Paddock, Christopher D ^b,c  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHRAX; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIALPOX; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BIOPSY; BIOTERRORISM; CHILD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SKIN;

EID: 0346123014     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.12.1545     Document Type: Article

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