A case of brucellosis presenting as high titer negative result by standard tube agglutination test;Standart tüp aglüti̇nasyon testi̇nde yüksek ti̇trede negati̇fli̇k saptanan bi̇r bruselloz olgusu

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Buzǧan, Turan ^a   Karsen, Hasan ^b   Karahocagil, M Kasim ^b   Akdeniz, Hayrettin ^b   Sünnetçioǧlu, Mahmut ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Prozone phenomenon; Standard tube agglutination test

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748891274     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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