Familial tularaemia

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-275

  Peker, E ^a   Ayaydin, A ^b   Duran, N ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Francisella tularensis; Treatment; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TULAREMIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 67749135919     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.53217     Document Type: Article

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