Transmission of brucellosis via breastfeeding: A mother and her preterm baby

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 433-435

  Kose, Sükran ^a   Halicioglu, Oya ^b   Turken, Melda ^a   Bag, Ozlem Ince ^b   Akkoclu, Gulgun ^a  

^a Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

baby; breast milk; brucellosis; mother; transmission

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFAZOLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIMB PAIN; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 80855133481     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31820dc579     Document Type: Article

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