Hypothermia with pneumonia: A rare presentation of brucellosis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-487

  El Ghoussein, Hossam ^a   Hegazi, Mohamed Osama ^a  

^a AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Hypothermia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; INFUSION FLUID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRY COUGH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALAISE; MALE; MONITORING; OXYGEN THERAPY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS;

EID: 79960512997     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328421     Document Type: Article

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