Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Bulgaria - a synopsis from BulSTAR 2003
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Tularemia in bulgaria 2003-2004.
INTRODUCTION Tularemia is an uncommon but potentially fatal zoonosis. А second outbreak of tularemia in Bulgaria, about 40 years after the first, occurred in 1997 in two western regions, near the Serbian border. In 2003 tularemia reemerged in the same foci. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in a tularemia resurgence in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eurosurveillance
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1560-7917
DOI: 10.2807/esm.10.06.00548-en