Brucella myocarditis in a 3-month-old: Probable transplacental transmission

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-228

  Elkiran, O ^a   Kocak, G ^a   Karakurt, C ^a   Kuzucu, C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MYOCARDITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 77956434616     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12786388978689     Document Type: Article

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