Short report: Comparison of culture techniques at different stages of brucellosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-627

  Espinosa, Benjamin J ^a   Chacaltana, Jesús ^b   Mulder, Maximilian ^c   Franco, María Pía ^d   Blazes, David L ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^e   Smits, Henk L ^f   Hall, Eric R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Peru   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

^d Hennepin Connty Minneapolis ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYSIS CENTRIFUGATION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEROLOGY;

BRUCELLA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 65349104747     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.625     Document Type: Article

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