Relapsing brucellosis related to pacemaker Infection

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 612-613

  Miragliotta, Giuseppe ^a,c   Mosca, Adriana ^a   Tantimonaco, Giambattista ^b   de Nittis, Rossella ^b   Antonetti, Raffaele ^b   Di Taranto, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Infectious disease; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33645562264     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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