Histologic, immunohistochemical, microbiological, molecular biological and ultrastructural characterization of pulmonary tularemia

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-66

  Navarro, Paula ^a   Garcia Moliner, Maria L ^a   McMahon, James H ^b   Telford, Sam R ^c   Zoukhri, Driss ^d   Alroy, Joseph ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Molecular biology; Morphology; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DECORTICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DRAINAGE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TULAREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650235848     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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