Human brucellosis in Northern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1562-1566

  Fallatah, Samira M ^a   Oduloju, Adekunle J ^a   Al Dusari, Saad N ^a   Fakunle, Yisa M ^a  

^a King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; BONE PAIN; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29144465539     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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