Childhood Brucellosis - A microbiological, epidemiological and clinical study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-157

  Mantur, B G ^a   Akki, A S ^a   Mangalgi, Smita S ^a   Patil, S V ^a   Gobbur, R H ^a   Peerapur, B V ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; BURNING FEET SYNDROME; CARDITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; KNEE DISEASE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MILK; NEURITIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITYRIASIS; RELAPSE; REST; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3042572673     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.3.153     Document Type: Article

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