Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica, Tasmania, Australia, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1484-1486

  Jackson, Justin ^b   McGregor, Alistair ^b   Cooley, Louise ^b   Ng, Jimmy ^c   Brown, Mitchell ^c   Ong, Chong Wei ^b   Darcy, Catharine ^b   Sintchenko, Vitali ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHALANGERIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECA GENE; RIGOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN ULCER; TULAREMIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSURUS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84865315113     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.111856     Document Type: Article

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