Tularemia in children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1129-1132

  Celebi, Solmaz ^a   Hacimustafaoglu, Mustafa ^a   Gedikoglu, Suna ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemic; Francisella tularensis; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TULAREMIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER TREATMENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TULAREMIA; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 59649128808     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0180-9     Document Type: Article

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