Tularemia: Treatment Failures with Outpatient Use of Ceftriaxone

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The article, Tularemia: Treatment Failures with Outpatient Use of Ceftriaxone, is written by Thomas Cross and Richard Jacobs. The authors were associates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Science and employees of Children Hospital in Arkansas in the department of pediatrics and infectious disease. The article was published in 1993 by the University of Arkansas Press. The authors have also written other articles such as Tularemia: A Serious Disease (1998) and Clinical Infectious Diseases (1995).

Introduction

Tularemia is an infection that is majorly caused by coccobacillus Francisella which can be difficult to diagnose and treat. The difficulty in treating this disease is related to its toxicity of antimicrobial agents. However, Thomas (1993) argues that the Vitro data that have been provided recently proves antimicrobial drugs can work to treat the disease unlike the standard agents such as gentamicin and tetracycline.

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