Brucella melitensis in a married couple after a trip through Sicily [2]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 843-844

  Chanet, V ^a   Gourdon, F ^a   Baud, O ^a   Beytout, J ^a   Romaszko, J P ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; MARRIAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YERSINIA;

EID: 24144486973     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000172785.14629.46     Document Type: Letter

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