Isolation of Brucella melitensis biotype 3 from epidural empyema in a Bosnian immigrant in Germany

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 9, 2012, Pages 1335-1337

  Tappe, Dennis ^a   Melzer, Falk ^b   Schmoock, Gernot ^b   Elschner, Mandy ^b   Lâm, Thiên Trí ^a   Abele Horn, Marianne ^a   Stetter, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BOVIDS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; THORACIC SPONDYLODISCITIS;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISCITIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL SPACE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865161906     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.038612-0     Document Type: Article

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