Cutaneous anthrax in Eastern Turkey: A review of 85 cases

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-411

  Karahocagil, M K ^a   Akdeniz, N ^a   Akdeniz, H ^a   Calka O ^a   Karsen, H ^a   Bilici, A ^a   Bilgili, S G ^a   Evirgen, O ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adiyaman Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; ULCER;

EID: 45149134640     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02742.x     Document Type: Article

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