Involvement of the aorta in brucellosis: The forgotten, life-threatening complication. A systematic review

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 827-840

  Cascio, Antonio ^a,b   De Caridi, Giovanni ^a   Lentini, Salvatore ^a   Benedetto, Filippo ^a   Stilo, Francesco ^a   Passari, Gabriele ^a   Iaria, Chiara ^b,c   Spinelli, Francesco ^a   Pappas, Georgios ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Papardo Piemonte   (Italy)

^d Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diagnosis; Disease symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA INFECTION; BRUCELLAR ENDOCARDITIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

BRUCELLA; PROTEA;

EID: 84867202265     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.0965     Document Type: Review

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