Breast Brucellosis in Taif, Saudi Arabia: Cluster of six cases with emphasis on FNA evaluation

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-259

  Nemenqani, Dalal ^a   Yaqoob, Nausheen ^a   Khoja, Hatem ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Breast; Brucellosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM STAINING; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SMEAR; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649518349     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.121     Document Type: Article

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