The sensitivity and specificity of Brucella agglutination tests

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Mert, Ali ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Bilir, Muammer ^a   Yilmaz, Mesut ^a   Kurt, Celali ^a   Ongoren, Seniz ^a   Tanriverdi, Melike ^a   Ozturk, Recep ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella agglutination test; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ROSE BENGAL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0041926320     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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