Limitations of the standard agglutination test for detecting patients with brucella melitensis bacteremia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1599-1601

  Shemesh, Ari A ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Human brucellosis; Sensitivity; Standard agglutination test

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83455221019     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0704     Document Type: Article

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