Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-313

  Al Ayed, Mohammed S ^a   Bin Hussain, Ibrahim Z ^b   Al Hajjar, Sami ^b   Al Nassar, Saleh ^b  

^a Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STANDARD TUBE AGGLUTINATION TITER; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TISSUE CULTURE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPETITE; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMELS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; THORACIC WALL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79959224606     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.75584     Document Type: Article

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