Could remembering the prozone phenomenon shorten our diagnostic journey in brucellosis? A case of Brucella spondylodiscitis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 933-935

  Guven, Gulay Sain ^a   Cakir, Banu ^a   Oz, Gul ^a   Tanrıover, Mine Durusu ^a   Turkmen, Ercan ^a   Sozen, Tumay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Prozone phenomenon; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLOBULIN; PROZONE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33745498596     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0118-3     Document Type: Article

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