Childhood brucellosis in Eastern Turkey

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-58

  Ertekin, V ^a   Altinkaynak, S ^a   Selimoglu A ^a   Alp, H ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAPRIM; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TITRIMETRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); INFANT; LETTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 0842330328     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400131     Document Type: Letter

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