Clinical profile and management of brucellosis in tehran - iran

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Hadadi, A ^a   Rasoulinejad, M ^b   Hajiabdolbaghi, M ^b   Mohraz, M ^b   Khashayar, P ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Clinical features; Iran; Therapy

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MONOCYTOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORCHITIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 61349094604     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2009.004     Document Type: Article

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