The value of culture and serological methods in the diagnosis of human brucellosis;Kültür ve serolojik yöntemlerin insan brusellozu tanιsιndakι deǧeri

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Alişkan, Hikmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Culture; Diagnostic methods; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTEREMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 52349103413     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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