Cutaneous anthrax in a remote tribal area - Araku Valley, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, southern India

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-58

  Raghu Rama Rao, G ^a,b,c   Padmaja, Jyothi ^a,b   Lalitha, M K ^a,b   Rao, P V Krishna ^a,b   Kumar, Hari Kishan ^a,b   Gopal, K V T ^a,b   Jaideep, M ^a,b   Mohanraj, Promila ^a,b  

^a ANDHRA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HAND EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; ULCER HEALING; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33845916152     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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