Brucellosis as a cause of fever of unknown origin in children admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in the Aegean Region of Turkey

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1037-1040

  Çiftdoǧan, Dilek Yilmaz ^a   Bayram, Nuri ^a   Vardar, Fadil ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Children; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 80051497782     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0147     Document Type: Article

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