Management of infectious agents of bioterrorism

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-71

  Shannon, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; CIDOFOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBAVIRIN; RICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALAISE; MALE; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIA; RASH; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALLPOX; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 1842476241     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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