Plague

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-71

  Dennis, David T ^a   Chow, Catherine C ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLAGUE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0842304465     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000106918.18570.dd     Document Type: Short Survey

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