Brucellosis: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, complications and therapeutic options

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Sakran, Waheeb ^a,b   Chazan, Bibiana ^a   Koren, Ariel ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34547305510     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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