Bacteremia is as unpredictable as clinical manifestations in human brucellosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-307

  Mantur, Basappa G ^a   Mulimani, Mallanna S ^b   Bidari, Laxman H ^c   Akki, Aravind S ^b   Tikare, Nitin V ^c  

^a Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Bone marrow culture; Human brucellosis; Liver aspirate culture; Lymph node aspirate culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42149123479     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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