Brucella melitensis infection stimulates an immune response leading to Kikuchi - Fujimoto disease

In Vivo

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-53

  Charalabopoulos, Konstantin ^a   Papalimneou, Vicky ^a,b   Charalabopoulos, Alexander ^a   Bai, Maria ^a   Agnantis, Niki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Larissa State Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease

Indexed keywords

LIDAPRIM; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NIGHT SWEAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037241503     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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