Acute pancreatitis associated with Brucellosis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-65

  Papaioannides, Demetrios ^a,d   Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^a,b   Sinapidis, Demetrios ^a   Charalabopoulos, Konstantinos ^c   Akritidis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a Arta General Hospital   (Greece)

^b G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing; Brucella melitensis; Brucellosis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFAMANDOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMYLASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; STREPTOMYCIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30844441395     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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