Serial kinetics of the antibody response against the complete Brucella melitensis ORFeome in focal vertebral brucellosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 922-926

  Cannella, Anthony P ^a   Lin, Jennifer C ^a   Liang, Li ^b   Atluri, Vidya ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^d   Felgner, Philip L ^b   Tsolis, Renee M ^c   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE INFECTION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL VERTEBRAL BRUCELLOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MILK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN READING FRAME; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PSOAS ABSCESS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWEATING; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MILK; SERUM; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863127053     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05298-11     Document Type: Article

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