Cutaneous anthrax in Lima, Peru: Retrospective analysis of 71 cases, including four with a meningoencephalic complication

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Maguiña, Ciro ^a   Flores Del Pozo, Jorge ^b   Terashima, Angélica ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a   Guerra, Humberto ^a   Vidal, José E ^c   Legua, Pedro ^a   Solari, Lely ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Anthrax meningitis; Bacillus anthracis; Cutaneous anthrax; Peru

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PERU; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 14644428957     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000100005     Document Type: Article

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