Brucellosis in children in south Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 895-902

  Issa, H ^a   Jamal, M ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEUKOPENIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; JORDAN; LEUKOPENIA; MILK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033186003     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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