Clinical features, complications and treatment outcome of Brucella infection: Ten years' experience in an endemic area

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-310

  Bukharie, H A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Ascites; Brucellosis; Menstrual cycle; Recurrent fever; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORCHITIS; PERITONITIS; RECURRENT FEVER; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 69249129104     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v8i4.45221     Document Type: Article

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