Characteristics of B. melitensis versus B. abortus bacteraemias

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Dokuzoǧuz, Başak ^a   Ergönül, Önder ^a,c   Baykam, Nurcan ^a   Esener, Harika ^a   Kiliç, Selçuk ^b   Çelikbaş, Aysel ^a   Eren, Şebnem ^a   Esen, Berrin ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abortus; Bacteraemia; Brucella; Melitensis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 11144349233     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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