Treatment of neurobrucellosis with a combination of ceftriaxone, rifampicin and doxycycline: A study on ten cases;Traitement de la neurobrucellose par l'association ceftriaxone-doxycycline-rifampicine (à partir de 10 cas)

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1199-1201

  Aygen, B ^a   Sumerkan B ^a   Mirza, M ^a   Doganay, M ^a   Arman, F ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neurobrucellosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030483717     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(96)80124-7     Document Type: Letter

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