Treatment of tularemia with ciprofloxacin.
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79/F Pneumonic Serology Gm 500 for 18 d Yes; yes 48/M Ulceroglandular Culture Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; no 65/F Typhoidal Serology 750 for 14 d No 65/F Ulceroglandular Serology 750 for 28 d No 40/F Ulceroglandular Serology Dox 750 for 28 d Yes; no 38/F Ulceroglandular Serology 750 for 10 d Yes 47/F Oculoglandular Serology Dox, Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; yes; yes 65/F Ulceroglandular Serology Dox 750 for 28 d Yes; no 65/F Ulceroglandular Serology Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; yes 70/F Ulceroglandular Serology 750 for 18 d Yes 54/F Pneumonic Serology 750 for 28 d No 89/M Pneumonic Serology 500 for 14 d Yes 60/F Ulceroglandular Serology Gm 750 for 28 d Yes; yes 58/M Ulceroglandular Serology Gm 750 for 21 d Yes; no
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 31 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000