Diagnosis of human brucellosis caused by Brucella canis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-461

  Lucero, Nidia E ^a   Escobar, Gabriela I ^a   Ayala, Sandra M ^a   Jacob, Nestor ^b  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SLIDE AGGLUTINATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18044369051     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45927-0     Document Type: Article

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