Evaluation of Brucella dipstick assay for the diagnosis of acute brucellosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-243

  Altuglu, Imre ^a   Zeytinoǧlu, Aysin ^a   Bilgic, Altinay ^a   Kamcioglu, Saniye ^a   Karakartal, Guney ^a   Smits, Henk ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036867603     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00456-X     Document Type: Article

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