Hemophagocytosis and pulmonary involvement in brucellosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-90

  Heydari, Ali Akbar ^a   Ahmadi, Fereidoun ^a   Sarvghad, Mohammad Reza ^a   Safari, Hosein ^a   Bajouri, Amir ^a   Saeidpour, Mehdi ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER ENZYME; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; PANCYTOPENIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33845652283     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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