An outbreak of oropharyngeal tularaemia linked to natural spring water

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Willke, A ^a   Meric, M ^a   Grunow, R ^b   Sayan, M ^a   Finke, E J ^c   Splettstober W ^c   Seibold, E ^c   Erdogan S ^d   Ergonul, O ^e   Yumuk, Z ^a   Gedikoglu, S ^f  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

MAT; Microagglutination test

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; DRINKING WATER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNGEAL TULAREMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; TULAREMIA; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 58149522614     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.002279-0     Document Type: Article

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