Comparison of the diagnostic value of the standard tube agglutination test and the ELISA IgG and IgM in patients with brucellosis

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Ertek, Mustafa ^a   Yazgi, Halil ^a   Özkurt, Zülal ^a   Ayyildiz, Ahmet ^a   Parlak, Mehmet ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; ELISA; Standard tube agglutination test

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING;

BRUCELLOSIS; ELISA; STANDARD TUBE AGGLUTINATION TEST;

DIAGNOSIS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN;

EID: 33745859350     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: 13036165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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