Tularemia in children: Evaluation of clinical, laboratory and therapeutic features of 27 tularemia cases

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Kaya, Ali ^a   Deveci, Köksal ^a   Uysal, Ismail Önder ^a   Güven, Ahmet Sami ^a   Demir, Mevlüt ^a   Uysal, Elif Bilge ^b   Gültekin, Asim ^a   Içaǧasioǧlu, Füsun Dilara ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sivas Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Francisella tularensis; Outbreak; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRINKING WATER; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RURAL AREA; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TULAREMIA; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLITIS; TULAREMIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84863439203     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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