Plague

Respiratory Care Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-98

  Lazarus, Angeline A ^a,b   Decker, Catherine F ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; INACTIVATED VACCINE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PLAGUE VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INHALATION; INTERNET; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN EDEMA; TERRORISM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PLAGUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 1342304368     PISSN: 10785337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5337(03)00051-0     Document Type: Review

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