Human anthrax in Turkey from 1990 to 2007

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Doganay, Mehmet ^a   Metan, Gokhan ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Clinical picture; Epidemiology; Treatment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GATIFLOXACIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX MENINGITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTERY DISEASE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; DYING; ECTROPION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ANTHRAX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNET; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHEEP; SHOCK; SKIN ANTHRAX; SKIN DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TURKEY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 65249180541     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0032     Document Type: Review

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