Pneumonic tularemia on Martha's Vineyard: Clinical, epidemiologic, and ecological characteristics

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1105, Issue , 2007, Pages 351-377

  Matyas, Bela T ^a   Nieder, Henry S ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Martha's Vineyard Hospital   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Martha's Vineyard; Pneumonic tularemia; Pneumonic tularemia outbreak; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OPIATE; QUININE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOLLOW UP; FOMITE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA; PNEUMONIC TULAREMIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; TULAREMIA; VINEYARD; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DISEASE CARRIER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; MEPHITIDAE; PROCYON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34748859229     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1409.013     Document Type: Review

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