A rare agent of pneumonia: Brucella melitensis;Nadir bir pnömoni etkeni: Brucella melitensis

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-447

  Öztürk, Önder ^a   Akçam, Zeynep ^a   Şahin, Ünal ^a   Bircan, Ahmet ^a   Akkaya, Ahmet ^a   Yayli, Güler ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Chronic cough; Ciprofloxacin; Pneumonia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149173914     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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