Human brucellosis in turkey: A review of the literature between 1990 and 2009;Türkiye'de insan brusellozu: 1990 ve 2009 yılları arasındaki literatürün incelenmesi

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 548-555

  Çalik, Şebnem ^a   Gökengin, Ayşe Deniz ^b  

^a Urla State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella infection; Brucellosis; Involvement; Neurobrucellosis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 79955556899     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0911-404     Document Type: Article

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