Brucellosis of the lung: Case report and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 452, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Theegarten, Dirk ^a   Albrecht, Sven ^a   Tötsch, Martin ^a   Teschler, Helmut ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^b,c   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Granulomatosis; Lung; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; FORMALDEHYDE; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPISCLERITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SEROLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; X RAY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549022998     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0518-0     Document Type: Review

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