Separating the chaff from the grain (Tularemia)

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 554-558

  Hu, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat scratch disease; Cutaneous anthrax; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FINASTERIDE; MESALAZINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ROPINIROLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATELECTASIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COUGHING; COXIELLA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LYME DISEASE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PANCYTOPENIA; PARVOVIRUS; PLEURA EFFUSION; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RICKETTSIA; SKIN DEFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; TICK; TULAREMIA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SKIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84862667496     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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