Deadly viral syndrome mimics

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1051-1065

  Lowenstein, Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; QUININE; RIBAVIRIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETHALITY; MALARIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; TULAREMIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 5044227623     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.05.005     Document Type: Review

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