Primary brucellar psoas abscess: Presentation of a rare case of psoas abscess caused by Brucella melitensis without any osteoarticular involvement

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 147, 2005, Pages 67-68

  Gündeş, Sibel G ^a,b   Gundes H ^a   Sarlak A ^a   Willke, A ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; Psoas abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ROSE BENGAL;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; PSOAS MUSCLE; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33845441522     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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