A meningitis case of Brucella and tubercylosis co-infection;Menenjitli bir olguda Brucella ve tüberküloz koenfeksiyonu

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-694

  Karsen, Hasan ^a   Karahocagil, Mustafa Kasim ^a   Irmak, Hasan ^b   Demiröz, Ali Pekcan ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Klini i   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella meningitis; Brucellosis; Coinfection; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949126214     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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