A case of brucellosis presenting with severe thrombocytopenia

Turkish Journal of Haematology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-45

  Akinci, Esragül ^a   Bodur, Hürrem ^a   Erbay, Çiǧdem ^a   Çevik, Mustafa Aydin ^a   Erbay, Ayşe ^a   Çolpan, Aylin ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECCHYMOSIS; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037226032     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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