Recent trends in human Brucella canis infection

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-61

  Marzetti, Sandra ^a   Carranza, Cristina ^b   Roncallo, Mariela ^b   Escobar, Gabriela I ^c   Lucero, Nidia E ^c  

^a Hospital Regional Río Grande Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria   (Argentina)

^b Venezuela y Naciones Unidas   (Argentina)

^c Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

B. canis; Brucellosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GAUCHER DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GAUCHER DISEASE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84871083936     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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