Recent outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in Bangladesh: Clinico-demographic profile and treatment outcome of cases attended at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Siddiqui, Muhammad Afsar ^a   Khan, Md Azraf Hossain ^a   Ahmed, Sk Shamim ^a   Anwar, Kazi Selim ^b   Akhtaruzzaman, Shaikh Md ^a   Salam, Md Abdus ^a  

^a RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Clinico demographic profile; Cutaneous anthrax; Therapeutic response

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CATTLE; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; SKIN ANTHRAX; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BANGLADESH; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865310824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-464     Document Type: Article

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