Clinical Profile of Neurobrucellosis - A Report on 12 Cases from Bikaner (North-West India)

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 376-380

  Kochar, D K ^a   Agarwal, N ^a   Jain, Neeti ^a   Sharma, B V ^a   Rastogi, A ^a   Meena, Chandra B ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034173122     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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