Acute calculous cholecystitis associated with brucellosis: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 927-930

  Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Sharara, Ala I ^a   Issa, Iyad A ^a   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIARY TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 30544434871     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500264035     Document Type: Review

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