Clinical and laboratory features, complications and treatment outcome of brucellosis in childhood and review of the literature

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Uluǧ, Mehmet ^a   Yaman, Yöntem ^b   Yapici, Ferda ^c   Can Uluǧ, Nuray ^a  

^a Ozel Umit Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Özel Sante Plus Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Children; Clinical finding; Epidemiology; Laboratory finding

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 80054117878     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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