Arthropod-borne tularemia in Poland: A case report

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1399-1401

  Moniuszko, Anna ^a   Zajkowska, Joanna ^a   Pancewicz, Sławomir ^a   Kondrusik, MacIej ^a   Grygorczuk, Sambor ^a   Czupryna, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BITE; TREATMENT DURATION; TULAREMIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; CEFTRIAXONE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; POLAND; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TULAREMIA; ZOONOSES;

ARTHROPODA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPUS;

EID: 80053642458     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0227     Document Type: Article

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