A mini outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-418

  Rao, T Narayana ^a,b   Venkatachalam, K ^a   Ahmed, Kamal ^a   Padmaja, I Jyothi ^a   Bharthi, M ^a   Rao, P Appa ^a  

^a ANDHRA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 67749142308     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.53158     Document Type: Letter

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