Short report: Brucellosis in Northern Australia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 876-878

  Eales, Katie M ^b   Norton, Robert E ^a,b   Ketheesan, Natkunam ^b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDIDYMOORCHITIS; EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY EXPOSURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOCYTOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NEUTROPENIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORCHITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SACROILIITIS; SCROTAL PAIN; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; SWINE; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE DISEASE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79958040435     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0237     Document Type: Article

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