Tick-Borne Tularemia: An Outbreak of Lymphadenopathy in Children

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 254, Issue 20, 1985, Pages 2922-2925

  Markowitz, Lauri E ^a   Hynes, Noreen A ^a   Cruz, Ponciano ^b   Campos, Edwardo ^c   Barbaree, James M ^a   Plikaytis, Brian D ^a   Mosier, David ^b   Kaufmann, Arnold F ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LATAMOXEF; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CHILD; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; TULAREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SOUTH DAKOTA; TICKS; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84944285318     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1985.03360200074030     Document Type: Article

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