Brucella bacteremia in patients with acute leukemia: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Al Anazi, Khalid Ahmed ^a   Al Jasser, Asma Marzouq ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; METHOTREXATE; NETILMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 45249102497     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-144     Document Type: Article

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