Intermittent fever and pancytopenia in a young Mexican man

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1037-1039

  Schussler, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Fenves, Andrew Z ^a   Sutker, William L ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PANCYTOPENIA; PASTEURIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PANCYTOPENIA; SPLENOMEGALY; TEXAS;

EID: 0030766136     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199710000-00013     Document Type: Article

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